New Chairman for Business Mentors New Zealand
Announcement posted by BPR Ltd 17 Jul 2013
Long standing board member, John Gilks has become the new Chairman of Business in The Community Limited.
John Gilks is a Professional Director whose earlier life was spent as a public Chartered Accountant in Dunedin. He founded Motor Trade Finances Ltd. and was its Managing Director for 22 years. He is past President of the Otago Chamber of Commerce, the Institute of Directors ( Otago /Southland Branch ) and the Dunedin Rhododendron Trust. He was Chairman of Port Otago Ltd and Fisher and Paykel Finance Ltd and has been a Director of Fisher & Paykel Industries Ltd, The Electricity Corporation of N.Z. Ltd and The National Bank of N.Z. Ltd among others.
He is currently Chairman of Queenstown Airport Corporation and a Director and shareholder of several private companies.
In 2009 John was appointed as a Member of The New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) in recognition of his services to business and the community, and in 2010 received the City of Dunedin Mayor’s award for business personality of the year.
Trust Chairman Dr Grahame Craig said that John Gilks was a long serving board member who brought a wide range of skills to the role.