Kerry McDonald – Chairman, Grant Thornton NZ

Kerry McDonald – Chairman, Grant Thornton New Zealand Ltd

Grant Thornton New Zealand Ltd has announced the appointment of Kerry McDonald as its new chairman.

Wellington-born, Kerry has a distinguished background, in New Zealand and Australia, as an economist, senior executive and company director in diverse fields including manufacturing, mining, banking, logistics, energy and forest products – and in Public Sector roles including the e-Government Advisory Board, ABAC, Antarctica New Zealand, Chairman of the State Sector Standards Board and New Zealand Chairman of the Australia-New Zealand Leadership Forum.

Grant Thornton New Zealand, is the first of the five major global accounting Firms in New Zealand to appoint an Independent Director as Chairman.

“We believe that bringing an external view to the Board table is a major and necessary step as we develop our business in New Zealand” says Wayne Jackson, CEO of Grant Thornton New Zealand. “Kerry Mc Donald brings a wealth of diverse experience at both the governance and executive levels and we are delighted to announce his appointment” he said.

Kerry is currently chairman of Opus International Consultants and i-lign Limited and a director of Leighton Contractors, NZ Institute of Economic Research and a number of other companies, President of the Institute of Directors and a Trustee of WWF New Zealand. He was previously Managing Director of Comalco New Zealand, Chairman of BNZ and OceanaGold and a director of National Australia Bank, Carter Holt Harvey, Ports of Auckland and many other companies.

Conferred with an honorary doctorate from the University of Canterbury in 2007, Kerry has a keen interest in public policy, New Zealand’s economic development and in developing high performance organisations.

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