Career
He was the chairman of Telecom New Zealand, New Zealand"s largest listed company, from 1990 to 1999. He received the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Meda He is also a Laureate of the New Zealand Business Hall of Fame, a fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (honorary retired) and a Distinguished Fellow of the Institute of Directors.
He was the founding chairman of the Enterprise Education Foundation and later a trustee of the Enterprise New Zealand Trust.
During the debate over electoral reform in New Zealand in the early 1990s, he led the Campaign for Better Government which unsuccessfully opposed the Mixed Member Proportional system. In the late 2000s, he campaigned for changes to the format of the 2011 referendum.
Business career
Director, Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited 1999-2001
Chairman, Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited 1990-1999
Deputy Chairman, Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited 1987-1990
Founding Chairman, New Zealand Trade Development Board 1986-1990
Chairman, Venture Pacific Limited 1986-1989
Chief Executive/Managing Director - Goodman Group Limited, and as a Director of its publicly listed associate companies 1976-1985
Non-Executive Director/Deputy Chairman - A.S.Paterson & Company Limited 1968-1976
Directorships at various times of companies engaged in wholesale and retail distribution, food processing, transport, tourism, banking, life insurance, manufacturing (plastics and textiles, agribusiness, telecommunications and airlines
Other Organisations
Young Enterprise Trust - Trustee 2000-2008.
Founding Chairman, Enterprise Education trust 2000-2003
Australia & New Zealand Business Council 1985-2001 Chairman 1988-1990
Samuel Marsden Collegiate School Board 1981-1987
Manufacturing Development Council 1981-1984
Wellington Rotary Club 1973-1977
Wellington City Mission Board 1973-1995.
