John is a consultant to and a former senior partner of the firm. He was a partner from 1962 to 2002.
John was the inaugural chairman of the New Zealand Takeovers Panel and under his chairmanship the Panel formulated, administered and enforced the Takeovers Code. He retired from the Panel in 2007. He was also a member of the Australian Takeovers Panel.
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He has had a wide range of public and private company directorships including Telecom, Westpac Bank (NZ Advisory Board), Mainzeal Group and Mair Astley Holdings. Currently John is a director of The New Zealand Guardian Trust Company Limited, a vice president of the Employers and Manufacturers Association (Northern) Inc, a council member of Business New Zealand, deputy chairman of the Spirit of Adventure Trust and a member of the Marsden Cross Trust Board.
LLB the University of New Zealand (Auckland)
Honours: QSO, DistFInstD.