Lawyer. Partner 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. Member of the Panel from its inception as an advisory group. Member of the Australian Takeovers Panel.

Investment Banker. Principal of Antipodes, an Auckland-based 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 1993.

Specialist corporate adviser. Principal of Giffney & Jones. NZX Adviser, and a founding Member of the Market Surveillance Panel. Appointed to the Panel in 2001.

Lawyer. Partner of Russell McVeagh, and Chair of the Auckland Corporate Advisory Group. Specialises 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.

Company Director, Wellington based. 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.

Lawyer. 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.

Investment banker, based in Melbourne. Vice Chairman, Investment Banking, of UBS AG in Australia and a Member of the Australian Takeovers Panel since 2002. Appointed to the Panel as the Australian Panel's representative in 2008.

Independent company director and business consultant. South Island based. Chair of the National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, New Zealand Qualifications Authority, Barker Fruit Processors Limited, HSR Governance Limited, and a director of Restaurant Brands Limited. Appointed to the Panel in 2002.

Director and consultant. Wellington based. Former Group Managing Director of Tower Limited. Director of the Earthquake Commission, New Zealand Qualifications Authority, Gough Gough & Hamer Limited and a range of private companies and charitable organisations. Appointed to the Panel in 2006.

Chartered Accountant. Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers based in Auckland. Specialises in corporate restructuring and general corporate advisory work. Director of Bank of New Zealand. Appointed to the Panel in 2006.