Toni Kerr, Ngāti Raukawa ki Te Tonga and Ngāti Tūwharetoa joins the board.
Toni Kerr, Ngāti Raukawa ki Te Tonga and Ngāti Tūwharetoa, has been appointed to the Raukawa ki te Tonga AHC Ltd (AHC) Board as a non-executive director.
The AHC is a wholly-owned subsidiary and the commercial and investment arm of the Raukawa ki te Tonga Trust. It is responsible for managing and growing the Trust’s fisheries settlement assets and investment portfolio.
Kerr joins existing AHC directors: chair Debra Birch, Guy Royal and Graeme Hastilow, replacing former director Shelley MacRae.
Kerr has more than 30 years’ experience in financial markets and private banking working in Australia, Hong Kong and, more recently, Aotearoa New Zealand. Offshore she held senior positions with Société Générale in Sydney and with BNP Paribas in Hong Kong.
On returning to Aotearoa New Zealand in 2008, she joined Kiwibank as head of treasury and international operations before joining HRL Morrison and Co in 2016 as manager, client operations risk and assurance.
Kerr also has extensive governance experience having been a director of the Government Superannuation Fund Authority and New Zealand Community Housing Funding and as a member of the IHC Audit and Risk Committee. She was previously deputy chair of Te Tikanga Marae Committee and represents Hau Ariki marae on the South Wairarapa District Council’s Māori Standing Committee. She is also a steering group member of the Community Governance Project led by the Centre for Social Impact.
She has a Bachelor of Business degree majoring in accounting from Sydney’s University of Technology and is a member of the Institute of Directors.
Kerr is currently a principal adviser in the investment team at Te Puni Kōkiri and has responsibility for building investment-related capability among whānau and communities, including Māori governance capability.
