The Acting Minister of Commerce Trevor Mallard has announced
the re-appointments of Euan Abernethy and Falcon Clouston to
the Securities Commission.
Euan Abernethy has been
re-appointed as Chairman of the Commission through to 30
June 2001. Falcon Clouston has been re-appointed as a
member of the Commission for three years.
Mr Abernethy
has been Chairman of the Commission since April 1995 and is
a former partner of Bell Gully Buddle Weir in Wellington.
Mr Clouston is a sharebroker and a director of Tower
Managed Fund Limited. He is also a well-known and respected
member of the New Zealand Stock Exchange. Both have
extensive experience in the securities market sector.
Mr
Abernethy and Mr Clouston have said they are pleased to be
continuing their work with the Securities
Commission.
There are two more positions on the Securities
Commission which are soon to be
advertised.
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