Annual Report 2007
MEMBERS OF THE TAKEOVERS PANEL
1. Chairman David Jones
Principal of Jones Young, Barristers and Solicitors, Auckland, specialising in mergers and acquisitions and corporate 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. Member of the Australian Takeovers Panel.
2. Deputy Chairman 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.
3. Colin Giffney
Principal of Giffney & Jones, Auckland-based specialist corporate advisers. NZX Adviser
and a founding Member of the Market Surveillance Panel. Appointed to the Panel in 2001.
4. Pip Greenwood
Auckland-based Partner of Russell McVeagh and member of the firm's Board of Management. Specialising in securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, takeovers and general corporate advisory work. Former member of the NZX Legal & Regulatory Advisory Board and Chairperson of NZX Unit Trust and Managed Fund Working Group. Appointed to the Panel in 2006.
5. 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.
6. 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 Wellington Committee of the Institute of Directors. Appointed to the Panel in 2001.
7. Sue Suckling
South Island company director and business consultant. Chair of the National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, New Zealand Qualifications Authority, Barker Fruit Processors Limited, Carsons (SI) Limited, The Oxford Clinic Limited, HSR Governance Limited, and a director of Restaurant Brands Limited. Appointed to the Panel in 2002.
8. Keith Taylor
Wellington-based director and consultant. Former Group Managing Director of Tower Limited. Director of the Earthquake Commission and a range of private companies and charitable organisations. Appointed to the Panel in 2006.
9. John Waller
John Waller is a partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers based in Auckland. He heads the firm's Advisory Line of Service and is a member of the firm's New Zealand Board. Specialises in corporate restructuring and general corporate advisory work. Appointed to the Panel in 2006.
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