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DATE:

14 April 2008

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Far North Holdings Ltd - Directors' Biographical Details

Tony Norman (FNHL Chair)

Tony Norman has settled in Mill Bay , Mangonui, after 30 years' overseas work experience as a chief financial officer and financial restructuring adviser for multinational corporations.

He worked for 15 years as chief financial officer for multinational corporations in the United Kingdom , South Africa , Papua New Guinea and Australia ; and 15 years as an adviser in financial restructuring.

In this position, he developed and implemented recovery strategies for failed corporations in Australia , Thailand and Singapore , involving debt in excess of USD25 billion and hundreds of international banks.

Tony returned to New Zealand seven years ago, settling in Mill Bay with his wife Anette where they operate a small-scale luxury tourist accommodation and sailing charter business, known as Mill Bay Haven.

In terms of community service, Tony has served on the Northern (Te Hiku) Community Board of Far North District Council, and is currently deputy chairman of the Board of Trustees of Oruaiti School and a member of the Northland District Health Board.

Shane Lloydd (Director)

Based in Omapere, Shane was born in Kawakawa, attended Bay of Islands College and has lived in the Hokianga with his family for 24 years.

He has developed, with his late father Max, businesses in the tourism, retail and farming industries and these have brought him into contact with a wide range of community and commercial organisations, as well as central and local government. This has helped him expand his businesses, understand the dynamics of economic development in Northland, and develop new skills.

Shane's business interests include the Copthorne Hotel & Resort Hokianga at Omapere; the Opononi Hotel; Gas Alley service station, Omapere; Andrewes Four Square, Opononi; Andrewes Butchery, Opononi; Footprints Waipoua; Crossings Hokianga and Lloydd Farms.

He holds directorships on 12 companies and has business allegiances and associations with Millenium hotels and resorts; Inter-City Group; Northland Tourism Development Group; Te Hau O Te Kawariki Trust and Te Tai Tokerau Maori and Cultural Tourism Association.  

 

Ken Rintoul ( Director)

Okaihau-based civil construction contractor and property trader Ken Rintoul has a long association with the Far North and wants to use his commercial expertise to benefit the community he has lived in for 20 years.

A self-made businessman, he has extensive management experience and he and his wife Phyllis have been successful in all of their business ventures, which include property trading, civil contracting and agricultural interests.

Ken has progressed from being a small-scale sole proprietor to his current position as director and shareholder of three substantial companies which have completed around 700 contracts over 20 years.

One of his construction companies, Rintoul Civil Ltd, won Contractor of the Year 2000 for slip remediation works on the Brynderwyns and was main subcontractor for the Northland Corrections facility.

In terms of other interests, Ken is a proud sponsor of local sport and community events and has been a member of the Okaihau Primary School Board of Trustees for eight years


For further information please contact:-

Alison Lees
Communications Manager
Far North District Council
0800 920 029

 

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