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Business In The Community Limited

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Board of Directors

Rick Bettle, Chairman of the Board

Rick Bettle is a Professional Director. He previously chaired the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority, The New Zealand TAB, The New Zealand Lamb Co., Capital Coast Health and Wrightson Finance and was a Director of Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. Rick was the Managing Director of Wrightson 1987-1991, CEO of Alliance Group 1991-1995, and from 1995-1998 headed the Law firm of Kensington Swann.

He is past President of the New Zealand Institute of Directors and was made a Fellow in 2000. He is a Graduate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Rick’s current directorships of public listed, government and private entities include Chairman of Powerco, Ovita (JV between NZB&L and AgResearch) and ATTTO (Industry Training Organisation). He is a Director of Diligent Board Member Services Ltd, Revera (Data storage Company) and SWI (Solid Wood Research Company).

Richard Austin

Richard Austin is a Director of Strategic Wealth Management Group, a boutique wealth management and advisory business based in Christchurch. He is involved in developing and implementing investment strategies for high net worth individuals, complex family groups and trusts.

He is currently Vice President of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants and is a past Chairman of the Canterbury Westland branch of the Institute. He was made a Fellow of the Institute in 2010. Richard is the independent Chairman of Mortgage Link NZ Limited and a Director on several companies and a trustee of a large charitable organisation.

John Gilks

John Gilks is a Professional Director whose earlier life was spent as a public Chartered Accountant in Dunedin. He founded Motor Trade Finance Ltd. and was its Managing Director for 22 years. He was also President of the Otago Chamber of Commerce and the Dunedin Rhododendron Trust. He has been a Director of Arthur Barnett Ltd., the Electricity Corporation of New Zealand and the National Bank of New Zealand among others.

He is currently Chairman of Fisher and Paykel Finance Ltd, Deputy Chairman of Fisher and Paykel Appliances Holdings Ltd and a Director of several private companies.

In 2009 John was appointed as a Member of The New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) in recognition of his services to business and the community.

Board of Trustees

Dr Grahame Craig, Chairman of Trustees

Dr Craig is the current Chairman of Trustees and founder of Business in the Community in New Zealand. Dr Craig has held accounting and management positions in a broad range of public and private sector organisations over a number of years, including Woolrest and the University of Waikato. He is also a Co-founder and Trustee of The International Rugby Hall of Fame.

Dr Craig was awarded an MBE in 1991 for services to business and the community.

Angus Fletcher

Angus Fletcher has had a long career in business, principally with Fletcher Challenge Limited and a long standing involvement in a wide variety of not-for-profit community based organisations. Currently his trusteeships include chairmanship of the Fletcher Trust and Great Potentials Foundation and as a trustee with Life Education Trust and For the Sake of Our Children Trust. In addition he is on a number of advisory boards and councils including Young Enterprise Trust, Business in the Community and the Methodist Employment Generation Fund and sporting organisations including President of the Auckland Cricket Society and Supporters’ Club.

Sir William Gallagher

Sir William Gallagher is Chief Executive and Chairman of Gallagher Group Limited having joined the family company in 1972. He was awarded an MBE in 1987, the Queen's Medal (Commonwealth) in 1990. He was also the 1996 winner of the prestigious Excellence in Communication Leadership award, the first time since its beginning in 1961 that the award had gone outside North America.

In 1998 Bill was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) in The Queen's New Year Honours List and in 2009 received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Waikato. Bill Gallagher is a natural leader, whose communication skills and business influence are nationally and internationally recognised. Bill favours the coach approach

Norman Geary

Norman has considerable corporate experience having held senior management positions with BP in New Zealand,Nigeria and in the UK/Europe. After his role as CEO of Air New Zealand he continued to be heavily involved in theaviation and tourism industries, for which he was made CBE in 1991 for contributions to New Zealand aviation andtourism.
He was the inaugural Chairman of the New Zealand Tourism Board, holding this position for six years and is a past President of the NZ Institute of Directors.

Norman currently holds governance roles and directorships in ANZ National Bank Limited, Otago Innovation Limited and the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research.

Tom McClunie

Tom McClunie has maintained a long association with Business In The Community as both a Trustee and Director,having held the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors from 2000 to 2003.

Previously co-owner and director of McClunie Birch Limited, a leading process engineering company based in the Waikato, Tom has had more than 30 years experience in the aviation and engineering industries.

Garry Moore

Garry Moore is married to Pam Sharpe and has four adult children and now, two grandchildren. He has worked in both the public and private sector, and was part of the founding group that formed Whalewatch Ltd, Kaikoura. Garry also was a founder of Company Rebuilders.

Garry had 15 years involvement in local government in Christchurch, where he still lives, commencing in 1992. He served two terms as a Councillor for the Christchurch City Council and was Mayor of Christchurch from 1998 to 2007.

Garry is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Zealand and a member of the Institute of Directors. He was awarded the Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2007 and now works in both the public and private sectors. He is involved in a number of companies and is Deputy Chair of the New Zealand Transport Agency.

Sir Ken Stevens

Sir Ken has a long history as an exporter of manufactured products and systems for airports. His company Glidepath Limited has subsidiary company operations in 8 foreign countries. Glidepath can count 608 completed airport projects in 63 countries.

Sir Ken was appointed “Business Champion - Export Year 07” by government in 2007, an initiative formed between public and private sectors to boost our export earnings and he continues to assist a good many exporters with candid advice on in-market strategies and the importance of building lasting relationships and networks in our key export markets

Lately Sir Ken has been working with our educators in preparing our emerging youth for business and exporting careers. This work sees him working with students, teachers and government with the targeted outcome of inducting students into careers that will directly increase New Zealand’s wealth and prosperity. Other directorships include – Chairman, Export New Zealand - Director, The Icehouse - Director/Trustee, The New Zealand Robotics Charitable Trust - Director/Trustee, Asia: NZ Foundation – Chairman, Howick Limited.

Sir Stephen Tindall

Sir Stephen Tindall is the founder of The Warehouse and the Tindall Foundation. He founded The Warehouse in 1982 and grew the company into a billion dollar business before stepping down as Managing Director in 2001. He now focuses on the Tindall Foundation and environmental and sustainability type projects. Sir Stephen's private venture capital company K1W1 has invested in a number of emerging exporters in the field of innovation and growth technologies.

He is a Co-Founder and former Chair of the New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development, a founding member of The New Zealand Institute, Co-Founder and Director of Kiwi Expats Abroad (KEA) and a Council Member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. He was made a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2007.

Sir Wilson Whineray

Sir Wilson Whineray, KNZM, OBE, is a highly respected business leader who has held a number of prominent positions in business in New Zealand including Chairman of the Board of Carter Holt Harvey and Director of a number of companies including Auckland International Airport Ltd, APN News and Media Ltd, and Nestle Ltd.

Sir Wilson has a strong community focus. He is a member of the Sir Peter Blake Trust selection panel and the former head of the Hillary Commission and various other sports related organisations and charities.

Sir Wilson was awarded an OBE in 1961 and received a Knighthood in June 1998 for Services to Sport, Business and the Community. He holds an MBA from Harvard University which he gained after retiring from a successful rugby career. Sir Wilson captained the New Zealand All Blacks from 1958-1965, and was named New Zealand Sportsman of the Year in 1965. In October 2007 he was inducted into the International Rugby Board's Hall of Fame.

Founding Trustee
In Memoriam Sir James Fletcher

(1914 - 2007) Sir James Fletcher was Chairman of Business In The Community between November 1992-December 1994 and June 1996-September 1997. He retired as a Trustee and Director in September 2002. Sir James was an enthusiastic advocate of projects that furthered national development. He was a passionate supporter of Business In The Community and made a considerable contribution to the establishment and development of this organisation.

It was Sir James belief that private enterprise should be prepared to take the initiative in dealing with problem situations and not just look to government to fund assistance and that companies that became involved in services such as that provided by Business Mentors New Zealand would be more highly regarded by their employees, who would demonstrate their regard through greater productivity, loyalty and commitment.

We are indebted to Sir James and the Fletcher Trust for their commitment and support of Business Mentors New Zealand and the Business In The Community Trust.

Executive

Chief Executive Officer
Ray Schofield

Ray Schofield has been the Chief Executive of Business Mentors New Zealand since October 2002. His previous experience has included 25 years in the grocery and pharmaceutical sectors in senior management roles, both with New Zealand and multinational organisations. During his seven year association with Enterprise Auckland who were Auckland Cities Economic Development Agency, Ray was directly involved with the establishment of the first Americas Cup and associated facilities. In addition, Ray has been a director and shareholder of a number of retail businesses and has developed a commercial property.

ray.schofield@bmnz.org.nz
0800 209 209