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CHAIRMAN
John King
Consultant with Russell McVeagh. Chairman of the Panel since it was created in
1994 and previously of the Takeovers Panel Advisory Committee. Member of the
Australian Takeovers Panel. Director of Westpac (NZ) Investments Limited and The
New Zealand Guardian Trust Company Limited and former director of Telecom
Corporation of New Zealand Limited and a number of other public and private
companies. Vice President of the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern)
Inc., member of the Council of Business New Zealand and Deputy Chairman of the
Spirit of Adventure Trust. |
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DEPUTY CHAIRMAN
David Jones
Principal of Jones Young, Auckland, specialising in commercial and company law.
Personal adviser to the Minister of Justice on the company law reform programme
1991. Member of the Company Law Monitoring Group 1993. Lecturer in company
law for the Institute of Directors. Member of the Panel from its inception as an
advisory group. |
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MEMBERS
Denis Byrne
Brisbane-based company director. Member of the Australian Takeovers Panel since
1997. Chair of the Fisheries Research & Development Corporation, Director of
Australian Magnesium Corporation Limited, the Ball Solutions Group of
Companies (Australia) and Birkdale Nursery Holdings Pty Limited. Member of the
Starlight Children’s Foundation Advisory Board. First appointed to the New
Zealand Takeovers Panel in 2001 and reappointed in 2005. |
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Anthony Frankham
Auckland-based independent financial analyst. Director of Frankham Lyne Limited,
Director of Auckland International Airport Limited and Capital Properties Limited.
Director and Chairman of New Zealand Experience Limited. Chairman of the Audit
Office’s New Zealand Audit Committee. Life Member of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants. Appointed to the Panel in 2002. |
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Colin Giffney
Principal of Giffney & Jones, specialist corporate advisers. NZX Adviser and a
founding Member of the Market Surveillance Panel. Appointed to the Takeovers
Panel in 2001. |
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Alastair Lawrence
Auckland-based investment banker. Principal of Antipodes, a private investment
bank which provides specialist mergers and acquisitions advice, in addition to
private equity for emerging New Zealand companies. Director of Landcare
Research, and a number of private companies. Member of the Panel since 1994 and
prior to that a member of the Takeovers Panel Advisory Committee. |
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Kevin O’Connor
Wellington company director. Director of Utilico Emerging Markets Limited, and
a range of private companies and charitable organisations. Former Chairman of the
Market Surveillance Panel of the New Zealand Stock Exchange. Member of the
Panel since 1994. |
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David Quigg
Partner of Quigg Partners, barristers and solicitors of Wellington, specialising in
mergers and acquisitions, takeovers and corporate law. Lecturer in takeovers and
mergers and acquisitions law for the Institute of Directors. Member of the National
Board of the Institute of Directors. Appointed to the Panel in 2001. |
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Daphne Rawstorne
Wellington-based accountant, former Managing Partner of Deloitte, and Fellow of
the Institute of Directors. Company director and business consultant. Member of
the Panel since 1999. |
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Sue Suckling
South Island company director and business consultant. Chair of the National
Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, AgriQuality New Zealand Limited,
Baker Fruit Processors Limited, Carsons (SI) Limited, The Oxford Clinic Limited,
and HSR Governance Limited. Director of Westpac (NZ) Investments Limited.
Appointed to the Panel in 2002. |
