Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of the Manager (the “Board”) has overall responsibility for the management of the Trust.

The Board reviews all aspects of portfolio, asset and financial management strategy, formulates and reviews compliance programmes, and approves transactions and capital expenditures. The Trust’s performance against budget is monitored by the Board, as is the performance of the responsibilities delegated by the Board to various parties.

The Board currently comprises five members, all of whom bring a significant level of expertise to the Trust. Their experience includes property investment, management and development, finance, law and corporate management. Two of these directors are considered by the Board to be independent under the NZSX listing rules and all five members are considered to be non-executive directors.

  • Mike Smith

    Mike Smith

    Chairman

    Mr Smith was employed by Lion Nathan Limited for 29 years, and during that time held a number of senior executive positions with the Lion Nathan Group, and was Director of the parent company for a number of years. Mr Smith is a Director of a number of public and private companies including Hauraki Private Equity No. 2 Fund, ING (NZ) Holdings Limited (Chairman) and Maui Capital Limited. Mr Smith is also the Chairman of The Lion Foundation. Mr Smith’s previous directorships include Lion Nathan Limited, Fonterra Co-Operative Group Limited, Auckland International Airport Limited and Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited.

  • Peter Brook

    Peter Brook

    Independent Director

    Mr Brook has 20 years’ experience in the investment banking industry, during which time he held the positions of Head of Research, Head of Investment Banking and Managing Director of Merrill Lynch (New Zealand) Limited. Mr Brook retired from Merrill Lynch to pursue his own business and consultancy activities at the end of 2000. He is also a Trustee of the Melanesian Mission Trust Board, a member of the Institute of Finance Professionals New Zealand Inc., a director of Trust Investments Management Limited, Albany City Property Investments Limited, ING Medical Properties Limited, Burger Fuel Worldwide Limited and several other private companies.

  • The Hon Philip Burdon

    The Hon Philip Burdon

    Director

    Mr Burdon holds positions on the boards of several New Zealand and Australian corporates. These include chairman of Superannuation Investments Limited and MFL Mutual Fund Limited, deputy chairman of BIL International Limited, and director of IAG New Zealand Limited. Elected to Parliament as the National Party member for his local electorate in 1981, Mr Burdon was appointed to the New Zealand Cabinet in 1990, and held a number of senior Ministerial portfolios including Minister of Commerce, Minister for State-Owned Enterprises and Minister for Trade Negotiations, until his retirement from politics in 1996. Mr Burdon is also the current chairman of the Asia 2000 Foundation and the past chairman APEC Business Advisory Council, and is a member of the International Advisory Board for the Hong Kong Policy Research Institute.

  • Andrew Evans

    Andrew Evans

    Director

    Mr Evans is an accomplished executive who is highly experienced across the fields of commercial real estate and asset management, having held the position of Managing Director of the Manager for four years until stepping down in 2007. Prior to this, Mr Evans was responsible for the direct property mandates at ING (NZ) Limited, where he was the General Manager, Property. Other governance roles held by Mr Evans are with ING Medical Properties Limited and Holmes Group Limited where he is a director. In addition Mr Evans is a past National President of the Property Council of New Zealand and a foundation member of the New Zealand Property Institute.

  • Trevor Scott

    Trevor Scott

    Independent Director

    Mr Scott is a Dunedin-based Chartered Accountant in public practice and Chairman of Arthur Barnett Limited, Mercy Hospital Dunedin Limited, Tamahine Holdings, Whitestone Cheese Limited and Harraway and Sons Limited. In addition, Mr Scott is a member of the Advisory Board of Marsh NZ Limited and a Director of the New Zealand Seed Fund, Neuron Pharmaceuticals Limited and several other private companies.
    Mr Scott was inducted into the New Zealand Business Hall of Fame in 2007.

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