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2015-2016
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
For services to business and the community.
John has been active in high profile business in
New Zealand since 1975.
John has contributed his experience to numerous
roles, including appointments from the Registrar
of Companies to administer corporate failures
affecting investors in circumstances where
there were insufficient funds to allow for paid
professional help. He held various government
appointments to take leading roles in addressing
some of the country’s most challenging
insolvencies, including the Chase Corporation
and the Development Finance Corporation.
He took on the role of Chair of the Eden Park
Redevelopment Board and was instrumental
in this role in helping New Zealand secure the
hosting rights for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
John has also been an avid annual fundraiser for
the Leukaemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand
Shave for a Cure campaign for more than 12
years, has supported the organisation to develop
wider business and philanthropic relationships,
and been a mentor for Leukaemia sufferers
following his experience surviving a bone marrow
transplant in 2000.
Mr John Anthony Waller (7911)