Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of the Manager (the “Board”) has overall responsibility for the management of the Trust. The Board is committed to the highest standards of business behaviour and accountability. The Board comprises two independent Directors and two non-independent Directors and is committed to appointing Directors with complementary skills and knowledge who will at all times act in accordance with the highest ethical standards.

  • William (Bill) Thurston

    William (Bill) Thurston

    Chairman

    Bill Thurston has over 40 years’ legal experience, including General Counsel for Fletcher Challenge Limited and as a former Chairman of lawyers Bell Gully. He is the current Chairman of The University of Auckland Business School Advancement Group and also the Chairman of Tonkin & Taylor, Consulting Engineers. Bill is an independent director to the New Zealand Rugby Union and is currently a member of the NZX Appeals Panel. He has extensive corporate governance, legal and property expertise both in New Zealand and overseas markets.

  • Graeme Horsley MNZM

    Graeme Horsley MNZM

    Independent Director

    Graeme Horsley has over 40 years' property valuation and consultancy experience, including 14 years with Ernst & Young New Zealand where he was a Partner and National Director of the Real Estate Group. Graeme is a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, a Life Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Valuers (now the Property Institute of New Zealand} an Eminent Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, a member of the American Society of Real Estate Counselors and an Accredited Member of the Institute of Directors. Graeme is a professional director, chair of Ngati Whatua o Orakei Corporation, government appointee and deputy chair of the Bay of Plenty District Health Board, an independent director of the AMP New Zealand Office Trust and Trust Investments Management Limited. Graeme has extensive experience in the valuation of specialised property and infrastructure assets, and the establishment and implementation of corporate real estate strategies. He has written and presented extensively on public and private real estate matters.

  • Peter Brook

    Peter Brook

    Director

    Peter Brook has over 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 Property Trust Management Limited, Burger Fuel Worldwide Limited and several other private companies.

  • Andrew Evans

    Andrew Evans

    Director

    Andrew 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 Property Trust Management 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.

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