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Retirement village operator Summerset Group has appointed Rob Campbell as chairman.
Mr Campbell has over 20 years' experience in investment management and corporate governance. Mr Campbell is also chairman of Guinness Peat Group Limited and its NZX listed associate, Turners & Growers Limited and a director of Accident Compensation Corporation, Aquasure Pty Limited, Ports of Auckland Limited and CallPlus Limited.
Mr Campbell is also a board or advisory board member of several private equity and hedge funds globally. He has previously directed the investments of a large family office and held board appointments on numerous private sector and public sector organisations in New Zealand.
Summerset Retirement Villages chief executive Norah Barlow won’t comment on a rumoured pending investment public offering but has acknowledged the market environment has recovered from two (© Copyright Protected - The National Business Review 100)years ago.
Mr Campbell will be joined on the Summerset board by James Ogden who has accepted appointment as an independent director. Mr Ogden was a director of Summerset when AMP was the controlling shareholder.
Mr Ogden is an independent director and chairman of the audit committee of The Warehouse and non-executive director of Vehicle Testing Group Limited. Previously he has been an independent director of New Zealand Post and its subsidiary Kiwibank, an independent director of NZX listed Powerco Limited and Capital Properties New Zealand Limited. He is also a former director of Macquarie New Zealand Limited and Credit Suisse First Boston.
NBR staff
Mon, 05 Sep 2011
Mon, 05 Sep 2011
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Rob Campbell to chair Summerset Group
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