The Board of Strategic Finance currently comprises of seven Directors; four Executive Directors and three Non-executive Directors, one of whom is Chairman. Our Directors bring a range of experience and expertise to the Board based on their respective backgrounds in the financial, legal, business and property sectors.
The Executive Directors guide the operation and direction of Strategic Finance, while the Non-executive Directors provide an important level of independence and balance to the Board.
The Strategic Finance Board of Directors:
Marc Lindale, Executive Director
Marc has significant experience in the banking and finance industry. Marc joined Austin Hill in 1994 after spending three years as the Associate Director of Finance Operations for Foster's Brewing Group. This role involved the restructuring and rationalisation of assets valued in excess of NZ$500 million domiciled in the United Kingdom, Australia, the USA and New Zealand. Previous employment included four years merchant banking with Elderbank and seven years with the National Bank of New Zealand. Marc joined Strategic Finance in 2000 following the merger with Salisbury Group. Since that time Marc has been involved in the structuring and arrangement of numerous significant property financing transactions.
John Drabble, BSc (Hons) Management Sciences
John resigned from the Strategic Finance Board of Directors on 20 March 2008.
Denis Thom, Chairman, Non-Executive (Independent) Director, LLB, ADFInstD
Denis is a lawyer and professional company director. He is a former Executive Chairman of Phillips Fox New Zealand and former Chairman of the NZSE Market Surveillance Panel. He has been a director of a number of private and public companies and Chairman of Wellington International Airport Limited, Shortland Properties Limited, Rembrandt Suits Limited and Urbus Properties Limited. He is currently Chairman of Webby Holdings Limited and a Director of British American Tobacco (Australasia Holdings) Pty Limited, Lumley General Insurance (NZ) Limited, Wellington International Airport Limited and Kirkcaldie & Staines Limited. Denis is an associate member of the New Zealand Law Society and an Accredited Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Directors.
Kerry Finnigan, Chief Executive and Executive Director, ACA
Kerry has a strong background in property, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and business management. He was an Executive Director/Shareholder in Bayleys Real Estate Limited for 10 years and Chief Executive/Director of Hanover Finance Group and related companies for six years. Kerry is a member of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants, New Zealand Institute of Directors and the Financial Services Institute of Australia.
Jock Hobbs, Executive Director, LLB, MBA, CNZM
Jock has a law degree from Canterbury University and an MBA from Henley College in England. He has considerable legal and business experience and is a former All Black captain. In 1996 he was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit and in 2006 a Companion to the New Zealand Order of Merit. Jock holds a number of directorships and is a member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors.
Graham Jackson, Executive Director, BCom, CA
Graham has a commerce degree from the University of Auckland and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Zealand. Graham has been an Executive Director of Strategic Finance from 1999. He has significant corporate finance, capital markets and corporate advisory experience. Graham was Executive Director of the corporate advisory division of Countrywide Banking Corporation before establishing Austin Hill as a boutique corporate advisory firm in 1992. He is a Director of a number of private companies.
Timothy Rich, Non-executive Director, BEc, CA, ACIS, JP
Tim joined Allco in 1989 having previously worked for nine years with Price Waterhouse in their audit and computer consulting groups. Originally Group Company Secretary for the Group, he is currently Global Head of Property. In this role, Tim has specific responsibility for all property businesses and assets that Allco manages globally. He is a Board member of Record Funds Management Limited, the Allco groups dedicated property responsible entity in Australia and of Allco (Singapore) Limited which is the manager of the Allco Commercial REIT (a property trust listed on the Singapore stock exchange). Tim was involved in the development of and the public floats of Record Investments, Record Realty and the Allco Commercial REIT
David Wolfenden, Non-executive (Independent) Director, AAIB, FNZIM
David has considerable banking experience in New Zealand and overseas, having held senior management positions with Westpac Banking Corporation, Postbank, ANZ Banking Group and ASB Bank. In 1992 he was appointed Managing Director of Countrywide Bank, a position he held until its sale to Lloyds Bank in 1998. Since 1998 David has undertaken a number of assignments for the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in the Asia/Pacific region. He is Chairman of Provenco Group Limited and a Director of a number of companies, including AMI Insurance Limited. He is also Chairman of the Aotea Centre Board of Management. David is a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management and a fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Directors.
