Career
He was on the Dunedin City Council and Otago Harbour Board, and later was chairman of the port company Portuguese Otago. He was involved in fishing from 1953, and developed the Skeggs Group of which he was the chairman and chief executive into what was the largest private inshore fishing fleet in New Zealand with investments includiing shipping, aviation (Pacifica Air) and property. Skeggs was born in Bluff, and was educated at Bluff School and Southland Technical College.
He lives in Dunedin.