Board of Directors
Joined the Board as Group
Managing Director in
January 2001 following five
years as Chief Executive
Officer of Nuplex Industries
(Aust) Pty Limited. He is a
member of the Remuneration
Committee.
John joined the company in
1967 as Technical Service
Manager from the paint
industry and moved to
Australia in 1977 to establish
a resin sales operation there.
He was appointed General
Manager, Marketing of the
Australian company in 1979
and returned to New Zealand
in 1985 as General Manager,
Resins. Technical and sales
management roles preceded
his move into general
management.
He was relocated to Australia
in 1995. John has experienced
the growth of the Nuplex
Group over four decades,
with his career split evenly
between Australia and
New Zealand. John is also
a non-executive Director
of ASX listed Penrice Soda
Holdings Limited.
Joined the Board of
Nuplex Industries Limited
as Managing Director in
December 1981 and became
Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer in July 1996 until
standing down as Chief
Executive in December 2000.
Fred first joined Revertex (NZ)
Limited, the forerunner of
Nuplex, in May 1965 and was
General Manager of the
Resins business until 1981.
Prior to immigrating to
New Zealand, Fred was
a process engineer with
Revertex Limited, the original
UK shareholder and
technology provider to the
New Zealand company. He
had served Revertex since
1954 and had commissioned
the first New Zealand plant
in 1962.
Fred is an ex oficio of the
Audit and Renumeration
Committees.
Joined the Board
in January 1993. Bryan
is the retired Chairman
of Ernst & Young,
Radio New Zealand Limited,
the New Zealand Advisory
Board of Westpac Trust,
Ngawha Geothermal
Resource Company Limited
and the Southern Cross
Healthcare Group.
He is the Chairman of
Emerald Capital Limited
and is Trustee of the Royal
New Zealand Yacht Squadron.
He was previously a member
of the Council of the Institute
of Directors and Chairman
of the Auckland Branch.
In 2004 he was elected as a
Distinguished Fellow of the
Institute of Directors.
Bryan is Chairman of the
Audit Committee.
Joined the Board in
April 1998. Michael is a
partner in the Australian
legal partnership of
McCullough Robertson.
He has a broad experience
in Australia, Japan and
South East Asia and was
involved in the negotiations
for establishment of the
Vietnam plant.
He was a Director of
Australian Chemical Holdings
from 1993 and Chairman
from 1995.
Joined the Board in July
2006. Rob has over 25
years’ experience in senior
management roles with
manufacturing, industrial
marketing and distribution
businesses in Australia, Asia,
North America and Europe.
Most recently this has been
as Executive General Manager
Southcorp Water Heaters
and Southcorp Appliances
and prior to that as President
Formica Corporation.
He is the Chairman of Rubicor
Group Limited, API Securities
Holdings Pty Ltd and Formit
Services Pty Ltd. He is
also a Director of Alesco
Corporation Limited.
Rob is Chairman of the
Remuneration Committee.
Joined the Board in November
2006. David is a former
Chairman and Audit Partner
of Ernst & Young. He is an
Independent Director of
Pumpkin Patch Limited and
Fonterra Cooperative Group
Limited, Chairman of the
New Zealand Refining
Company Limited and a
member of the Securities
Commission.
He is also Chairman
of the Dame Malvina Major
Foundation, and a trustee
of the New Zealand
National Maritime Museum.
In 1994 David was awarded
a Fellowship of the
New Zealand Institute
of Chartered Accountants.
David is a member of the
Audit Committee.