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APN
annual report
2011
directors’ report
APN News & Media Limited and Controlled Entities
1. DIRECTORS (continued)
Director
Qualifications and Experience
Responsibility
John Harvey
Mr Harvey commenced as a Board Member on 1 January 2011. He has
over 39 years’ professional experience as a chartered accountant and
a company Director. He was a Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers
for 23 years and held a number of management and governance
responsibilities for PricewaterhouseCoopers in New Zealand. He
retired from PricewaterhouseCoopers in June 2009.
Mr Harvey is currently a Director of DNZ Property Fund Limited (since
September 2009), Kathmandu Holdings Limited (since October
2009), Combined Building Society (since March 2010), Port Otago
Limited (since December 2008), Ballance Agri-Nutrients Limited (since
February 2012) and New Zealand Opera Limited (since January 2002)
and is an Advisor to the Board of Resource Coordination Partnership
Limited (since July 2010). He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree
from the University of Canterbury and is a member of the Institute of
Directors of New Zealand.
Non-Executive Director,
Member of Audit Committee
(from 4 April 2011)
Kevin Luscombe AM
FAICD, FAIM, CPM. Mr Luscombe has been a Board Member since
October 1997. Following a successful corporate career in Australia
and USA, and Board roles in several South East Asian companies,
he founded a marketing and research consultancy in 1976. In 1980,
he started the advertising agency Luscombe & Partners, sold it to
Clemenger BBDO in 1998, and joined their Board. He is Chairman of
the management consultancy Growth Solutions Group. He is Deputy
Chairman of Melbourne Food and Wine and a Board member of
the John Truscott Design Foundation. In 1998, he was appointed
Adjunct Professor at the Graduate School of Management, Swinburne
University. He was the recipient of the 2001 Sir Charles McGrath Award
for marketing excellence.
Non-Executive Director,
Member of Audit and
Remuneration Committees
John Maasland
MA (Cantab). Mr Maasland has been a Board Member since December
2003. Mr Maasland has extensive business experience in the media
industry and in New Zealand, and serves on a number of private
and public company boards. He is Chairman of Hellaby Holdings Ltd
(Director since April 2008) and a Director of Delegat’s Group Ltd
(since October 2004). He is a member of the Council of AUT University
and was also Chairman and a Trustee of the Royal New Zealand Ballet
(October 1998 to October 2007).
Non-Executive Director,
Chairman of Audit Committee,
Member of Nomination
Committee
Directors who held office during the year
Director
Qualifications and Experience
Pierce Cody
Mr Cody had been a Board Member since 2003. Mr Cody has more
than 27 years’ experience in the advertising industry and founded Cody
Outdoor Australasia. Mr Cody was formerly the Chief Executive of APN
Outdoor, after selling Cody Outdoor to APN in 2001. Mr Cody founded
Macro Wholefoods Market, Australia’s largest organic and natural food
retailer. In 2009 Mr Cody sold Macro to Woolworths Australia. Mr Cody
is a Life Governor & Director of The Australian Ireland Fund. During 1999
to 2007 Mr Cody was non–executive Director of Adcorp Australia Ltd.
Prior to that he was a Trustee of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.