F Healthcare, Air NZ chair Tony Carter gets award from NZSA
By Paul McBeth
Nov. 25 (BusinessDesk) - Tony Carter, chairman of both Fisher & Paykel Healthcare and Air New Zealand, has been recognised by the NZ Shareholders Association for his leadership skills
as a director.
The lobby group for retail investors named Carter its Beacon Award winner, citing his leadership skills and willingness
to be open to a broad range of views, including those of the NZSA.
"His talents are illustrated by the success of Fisher & Paykel Healthcare and Air New Zealand, where he inherited the chair of good companies and made them truly great
international companies," NZSA chairman John Hawkins said in a statement. "It is the turn of retail shareholders to
honour his achievements and more importantly, his continuing promotion of the highest standards of governance, ethics
and diversity in the corporate world."
The Beacon is given for "demonstrating outstanding performance across a range of criteria leadership, excellence in
corporate governance and being respectful of the rights of all shareholders." Last year it was won by MightyRiverPower
chair Joan Withers.
The Shareholders Association used to award a Golden Glob for villains of New Zealand business who had done such a poor
job that they earned a rebuke from the body, but hasn't handed one out since 2011, when former Bridgecorp boss and
convicted fraudster Rod Petricevic received the award.
(BusinessDesk)