Directors

Following its corporatisation in 2010, ANZO has its own board of directors of the company, with a majority of directors who are independent of the manager.

Craig Stobo, BA (Hons) First Class Economics
Chairman (Independent)

Craig Stobo was educated at Otago University and Wharton Business School. He has worked as a diplomat, economist, investment banker, and as CEO of BT Funds Management Limited. He has authored reports for the NZ Government on “The Taxation of Investment Income” and for the Taupo Group on “Creating Wealth for New Zealanders”; and chaired the Government’s International Financial Services Development Group in 2010. Craig is a professional director. He is currently Chairman of OCG Consulting Limited, an executive recruitment company. Craig is also an entrepreneur. He is Chairman and shareholder of Saturn Portfolio Management Limited, an independent investment advisory business; Chairman and shareholder of Elevation Capital Management Limited, the investment manager of the Multi Strategy Fund and Value Fund; and Chairman and shareholder of Appello Services Limited, a specialist unit registry provider. In addition Craig consults for domestic and global organisations assessing strategic industry opportunities and the execution of public and private sector business plans.

Graeme Horsley, MNZM, LFNZIV/LFPINZ, FRICS, AF Inst D
Director (Independent)

Graeme Horsley is an independent property consultant and professional director with 40 years’ property valuation and consultancy experience, including 14 years with Ernst & Young New Zealand where he was national director of the real estate group. Graeme is a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, a Life Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Valuers (NZIV), now the Property Institute of New Zealand, an Eminent Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, a Counselor of Real Estate and an Accredited Fellow of the Institute of Directors. In 2006 he was appointed a panel member of the Local Government Rates Inquiry, a ministerial inquiry setup to investigate the cost drivers and funding of local authority rating. In 2007 he was appointed an additional member of the High Court. He is chair of Ngati Whatua o Orakei Corporation and an independent director of ING Medical Properties Trust (from 1 October 2010, Vital Healthcare Property Trust), Willis Bond Capital Limited and Trust Investments Management Limited.

Don Huse, BCA, CA
Director (Independent)

Don Huse is a professional director. He was chief executive officer of Auckland International Airport (2003-2008); chief financial officer of Sydney Airport Corporation (1998-2003); chief executive of Wellington International Airport (1991-1998); and, a director of TransAlta New Zealand and its predecessors, EnergyDirect Corporation and Hutt Valley Energy board (1990-1999). Don is a director of Cavalier Corporation; OTPP New Zealand Forest Investments and Sydney Airport Corporation. He chairs the latter’s audit and risk management committee. Don is a chartered accountant; holds a degree in economics from Victoria University of Wellington; and, is a member of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand and of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Graeme Wong, BCA (Hons) in Business Administration, Fellow of the Institute of Finance Professionals New Zealand Inc
Director (Independent)

Graeme Wong has a background in stock broking, capital markets and investment. In 1997 he founded and became Executive Chairman of the investment company Southern Capital Limited which listed on the NZX and evolved into Hirequip New Zealand Limited. The business was sold to private equity interests in 2006. Previous directorships include Sealord Group Limited, Tasman Agriculture Limited, Magnum Corporation Limited, At Work Insurance; and alternate director of Air New Zealand. Graeme is currently Chairman of Harbour Asset Management Limited and Areograph Limited. He is also a director of New Zealand Farming Systems Uruguay Ltd, Tourism Holdings Limited and member of the Management and Trust boards of Samuel Marsden Collegiate School.

Anthony Beverley, MCom (VPM) (Hons) First Class, FNZIV, FPINZ, FINSIA
Director

Anthony Beverley is an appointee of the Manager. Anthony is the Head of Property for AMPCI, and has overall responsibility for the New Zealand domestic property operations. The New Zealand property business includes approximately $3.5 billion of property assets under management. Anthony is a director of listed company Property For Industry and several other AMPCI-related companies. In 2005, Anthony was presented with the Property Institute of New Zealand’s premier award in recognition of his contribution to the property industry and the wider economy over the course of his career.

Mohamed Ahmed Darwish Karam Al Qubaisi, BA Bus.
Director

Mohamed Ahmed Darwish Karam Al Qubaisi is an appointee of the Manager. Mohamed joined Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) Real Estate Department in 2007 and has been involved since then with the Real Estate profession on the Asia Pacific portfolio where he assists with the investment management, underwriting and hold/sell analysis of a large portfolio. He is actively involved in direct acquisitions and indirect investments, mostly focused in China, India, Japan, New Zealand and Australia. Mohamed is also a 2006 graduate of Albers School of business and Economics at Seattle University, Washington USA.

Mark Verbiest, LLB
Director

Mark Verbiest is an appointee of HNZLP. He is also a director of Freightways Limited, Transpower New Zealand Limited, Southern Cross Medical Care Society, a member of the board of Trustees of the Southern Cross Healthcare Trust, Government Superannuation Fund Authority, Chairman of Willis Bond Capital Partners Limited and Aptimize Limited, and a member of the Securities Commission. He was a member of Telecom’s senior executive team from late 2000 through to June 2008 and, prior to 2000, a senior partner in national law firm Simpson Grierson specialising in mergers and acquisitions and securities, competition and utilities-related law.
Mark Verbiest's resignation as a director of ANZO was announced on September 14, 2011 and is due to take effect from November 30, 2011

Robert Charles Walker, BSc (Hons) in Urban Estate Management, MRICS
Alternative Director

Robert Walker is an Alternate Director for Mohamed Ahmed Darwish Karam Al Qubaisi.