New management company director for ANZO
June 6, 2008
AMP Haumi Management Limited – the manager of New Zealand’s largest listed investor in prime commercial office property, AMP NZ Office Trust (ANZO) – has appointed Mark Verbiest as a director.
Mark (pictured at left) has been group general counsel and a member of Telecom’s senior executive team from late 2000 through to June 2008. He has had executive responsibility for several corporate teams, including the legal and regulatory affairs teams, as well as executive accountability for the International and Yellow Pages divisions (the latter until it was sold in 2007). He also represented Telecom on the board of Southern Cross Cables, an international cable joint venture, latterly as chairman, as well as representing Telecom on the boards of other companies in which Telecom had a significant interest.
Prior to 2000, Mark was a senior partner in national law firm Simpson Grierson specialising in mergers and acquisitions and securities, competition and utilities-related law. He is also a director of Gas Industry Company Limited, a co-regulatory body established by the Government and industry as co-regulator of NZ's gas industry.
“I am pleased to welcome Mark as director of the company,” AMP Haumi Management’s chairman Craig Stobo said. “Mark’s extensive legal and capital markets experience represents a valuable addition to the board.”
About ANZO
ANZO is New Zealand’s largest listed investor in prime and A-grade commercial office property. A unit trust listed on the New Zealand Exchange, ANZO currently owns 15 New Zealand office buildings with a total gross value of more than $1.5 billion – Auckland’s PricewaterhouseCoopers Tower, ANZ Centre, IAG House, AMP Centre and 21 Queen Street; and Wellington’s State Insurance Tower, Vodafone on the Quay, HP Tower, 125 The Terrace, No. 1 and 3 The Terrace, Pastoral House, Mayfair House, AXA Centre, Deloitte House and 29 Willis Street.
Media enquiries:
Robert Lang
Chief Executive Officer
AMP NZ Office Trust
Office: 04-494 2268
Mobile: 029-494 2268
Email: robert.lang@anzo.co.nz |