The Board

Kingfish Limited has a highly experienced Board with strengths in funds management, corporate governance and investor relations to ensure that shareholders' interests are held paramount. The Board is responsible for the administration of the Company and will continue to comprise a majority of independent directors. A key responsibility of the Board is the monitoring of the performance of the Manager and other suppliers on an ongoing basis.

 

Governance Policies
The Board is conscious of providing strong corporate governance, including forming and implementing policy on key areas. The following policies may be of interest. These have been provided here in PDF format.

Robert Challinor
Chairman
BCom, FCA, FCIS, CMA, AFInstD

Rob has over 25 years experience as a director of numerous public and private companies. His directorships include Marlin Global (Chairman), Barramundi Limited (Chairman), The Warehouse Group Limited and CDL Investments New Zealand Limited. Rob is a retired partner and consultant to investment bankers Northington Partners Limited. Former directorships include Ports of Auckland Limited, Electricity Corporation of New Zealand Limited, Mighty River Power Limited (Chairman), National Australia Bank New Zealand Limited, Sheffield Limited (Chairman), Television New Zealand Limited and Tower Health and Life Limited (Chairman). Earlier in his career he was a Deloitte partner and a corporate finance advisor. His principal place of residence is Auckland.

Annabel Cotton
Independent Director
BMS, ACA, CSAP

A qualified investment analyst and accountant, Annabel worked as an equity analyst before specialising in working alongside a number of New Zealand listed companies on their investor relations and equity management programmes. Annabel is a Member of the Securities Commission and a director of Kingfish Limited, Marlin Global, Genesis Power Limited and a number of private companies. In May 2009, Annabel was appointed Commissioner for Financial Advisors. Annabel’s principal place of residence is Hamilton.  

 

 

Ian Hendry
Independent Director
FCII, APMI

Ian has over 40 years experience in the financial services industry and held senior management positions with a major UK insurance company in London and Hong Kong before coming to New Zealand in 1988 to become a co-founder of Sovereign Limited. Ian was Group Managing Director at the time of Sovereign’s IPO in 1998 and for three years after its acquisition by ASB Bank later that year. Ian is a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute and is a director of Barramundi Limited, Marlin Global Limited and Seniors Money International Limited and has also served as a director of the Investment Savings and Insurance Association of New Zealand. His principal place of residence is Auckland.

Carmel Fisher
Executive Director
BCA

Carmel established Fisher Funds Management Limited in 1998 and is also a director of Barramundi Limited and Marlin Global Limited. Carmel’s interest and involvement in the New Zealand sharemarket spans twenty years. Carmel’s career started when she left Victoria University with an accounting degree to spend four years in the sharebroking industry. She then managed funds for Prudential Portfolio Managers NZ Limited and Sovereign Asset Management Limited. Carmel’s principal place of residence is Auckland and she can be contacted at Kingfish’s registered office.