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| Sky City Limited |
| Board Of Directors |
The Sky City board formally met 11 times during the 1999 year to deal with Sky City business. Various directors of the company also met on a number of occasions during the January-March period to deal with Sky City's involvement in the sell-down by Brierley Investments Limited (BIL) of its majority shareholding in Sky City Limited.
Jon Hartley was Chairman of Sky City until 22 February 1999 but stepped down as chairman upon the announcement of the sell-down by BIL, and Sir Peter Elworthy became chairman of the company at that time. On 28 May 1999, Jon Hartley was re-elected chairman. Sir Peter continues as a non-executive director.
The board is in the process of appointing two new directors but these appointments will be subject to Casino Control Authority approval, as is required by the Casino Control Act.
The number of board meetings attended by the directors during the year (including the meetings held to deal with the BIL sell-down), with the number of meetings held while each director was in office shown in brackets, were: J P Hartley 10 (11), E W Davies 11 (11), P H Elworthy 10 (11), J A Hood 9 (10), P L Reddy 8 (11), E Toime 10 (11), W G Ward-Holmes 11 (11). J A Hood was appointed a director on 24 August 1998. There were no other appointments or resignations during the 1999 financial year.
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Jon Hartley - Chairman Jon Hartley is a consultant and company director. He is currently Chief Executive Officer of Solid Energy New Zealand Limited. He was appointed a director and Chairman of Sky City Limited in February 1996. During the instalment receipt programme, he stepped down as chairman and was then re-elected on 28 May 1999. |
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Evan Davies - Managing Director Evan Davies has been Managing Director of Sky City Limited since February 1996 and was responsible for Sky City's licensing and construction from December 1991. He is also a trustee of Tourism Auckland and the Melanesian Mission Trust, and Chairman of the Tourism Industry Association of New Zealand. |
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Sir Peter Elworthy Sir Peter Elworthy has been a Sky City director since 1992. He is also a director of New Zealand Rural Property Trust Limited, Pacific Beef Limited, Trans Tasman Properties Limited and a number of private companies. He is Chairman of the Primary Industry Consultants Board and the Alan Duff Foundation, a trustee of the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research, the Link Foundation, and the Lincoln University Foundation. |
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Elmar Toime Elmar Toime is Chief Executive Officer of New Zealand Post Limited. He is a director of Norwich Union Holdings (NZ) Limited, Datacom Group Limited and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He has been a Sky City director since February 1996. |
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John Hood John Hood was appointed a Sky City director in August 1998. Dr Hood is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Auckland. He previously held a range of leadership positions in Fletcher Challenge Limited, most recently as Chief Executive of Fletcher Challenge Paper. He is Chairman of The America's Cup Task Force and a member of the Prime Minister's Enterprise Council. |
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Waari Ward-Holmes Waari Ward-Holmes is Chief Executive Officer of MDC Investment Holdings Limited, a director of ASB Bank Limited, Moana Pacific Fisheries Limited, Farmers Deka Limited and a number of private companies. He is also a trustee of the ASB Community Trust. Mr Ward-Holmes has been a Sky City director since 1992. |
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Patsy Reddy Patsy Reddy has been a Sky City director since 1994. She is also a director of Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited and Air New Zealand Limited. She is a trustee of the Sky City Community Trust, the Victoria University of Wellington Foundation and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Foundation. |
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Alistair Ryan - Company Secretary Alistair Ryan has been Sky City’s company secretary since 1995. He is responsible for the corporate and treasury functions at Sky City and is also secretary of the Sky City Community Trust. |
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