Members of the Panel
[ Last Updated 17 February 2006 ]
Chair - Alan Dunn – Managing Director/CEO of McDonald’s New Zealand. McDonald’s New Zealand includes a collection of more than 140 restaurants, the majority operated by 49 small business owners nationwide. The company employs more than 6,000 people and is the country’s largest first time employer.
John Albertson - Chief Executive of the Retail Merchants Association, Wellington.
Andrew Fox - a sheep and beef farmer from North Canterbury.
Chye Heng - Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary of Beca Group Ltd, Consulting Engineers.
David Hoskin - Managing Director of Dave Hoskin’s Carriers Ltd, Wanganui and President of the Central Road Carriers Association.
Claire Johnston - Head of MPI Clemenger BBDO, and formerly Chief Executive of the Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Peter Mony - Managing Director of Jenpex Ltd, Auckland, and Director of the New Zealand Trade Development Board.
Clare Nolan - Manager of the Wellington City Council’s Economic Development Unit.
Vaughan Renner - Chief Executive of South Pacific Tyres Limited, a tyre manufacturing company in Upper Hutt.
Jerry Rickman - a Managing Partner of Beattie Rickman, Chartered Accountants, Hamilton.
Helen Samujh - a Senior Lecturer at Waikato University, who has an accountancy and economics background and experience of running a small business.
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