South Canterbury Finance gets new chairman

South Canterbury Finance have appointed a new chairman to take over after owner and founder Allan Hubbard became President For Life.

Wednesday, June 9th 2010, 10:14PM 1 Comment

The new independent chairman is Bill Baylis.

Baylis says the board is committed to the turnaround he and the other independent directors joined the company to undertake late last year.

"South Canterbury Finance is making solid progress towards rebuilding a sound financial footing for the future."

Baylis, a former partner of accounting firm KPMG, has broad governance experience over a range of industries. He is currently Chairman of Real Journeys Limited, a director of Landcorp Farming Limited, Port of Tauranga Limited, where he is Chairman of the Audit Committee, and several private companies. He is a past chairman of Pyne Gould Guinness Limited, PGG Wrightson Limited and Naylor Love Enterprises Limited.

Baylis is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Zealand, Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management and Accredited Fellow of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand and currently Chairman of the Institute's Accreditation Board.

« BNZ to launch country’s first covered bond programmePlenty left over for Allied Farmers if Five Mile sale goes through »

Special Offers

Comments from our readers

On 10 June 2010 at 9:50 am Ron Atkin said:
Who has casting the vote? President for Life or Chairman of the Board? Spurious titles are a worry.
Commenting is closed

www.GoodReturns.co.nz

© Copyright 1997-2024 Tarawera Publishing Ltd. All Rights Reserved