Background on Telecommunications Inquiry Members
[ Last Updated 17 February 2006 ]
23 February 2000
Mr Hugh Fletcher
Mr Fletcher was the Chief Executive Officer of Fletcher Challenge until his retirement in 1997. He has had extensive experience in business as a director of numerous boards. He has a Master of Commerce with First Class Honours in Economics and a Master of Business Administration from Stanford University.
Mr Fletcher currently holds a number of private sector board positions, including Chairman of CGU Insurance Australia Limited, New Zealand Insurance Limited and New Zealand Thoroughbred Marketing Limited. He is also Chair of the Selwyn Foundation. He currently remains a non-executive Director of Fletcher Challenge Limited.
Mr Fletcher has a high public standing that recognises his extensive business expertise and standards of personal integrity and leadership.
Statement of Interests
Mr Fletcher does not have any interests in telecommunications companies operating in New Zealand, or any other involvement in telecommunications that could give rise to a conflict of interest.
Ms Cathie Harrison
Ms Harrison has a legal background. She became an Associate Member of the Commerce Commission in 1996 and has been a Member of the Commerce Commission since 1998.
Ms Harrison has extensive legal experience, with particular expertise in competition law. She has been a Partner in Chapman Tripp Sheffield Young and is currently a Principal in Harrisons, a law firm she established that specialises in communication, information technology, copyright and media law.
Statement of Interests
Ms Harrison was one of a number lawyers advising Telecom on competition issues until 1995 and did a small amount of other legal work for Telecom until mid 1998.
Ms Harrison does not have any interests in telecommunications companies operating in New Zealand, or any other involvement in telecommunications that could give rise to a conflict of interest.
Mr Allan Asher
Mr Asher has been Deputy Chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) since 1995. The ACCC is responsible for the administration of competition law in Australia, including telecommunications specific competition laws.
Mr Asher has experience in the application of competition law and reform of sector-specific law in the electricity, gas and telecommunications markets in Australia. He has extensive experience in dealing with consumer issues as a past Chief Executive of the Australian Consumer Association.
Statement of Interests
Mr Asher does not have any interests in telecommunications companies operating in New Zealand, or any other involvement in telecommunications that could give rise to a conflict of interest.
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