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DIRECTOR: VIL: Veritas Appoints New Directors
NZX release
1 December 2014
VERITAS APPOINTS NEW DIRECTORS
John Moore appointed as Independent Director and Richard Sigley appointed as
Director
As communicated at the Annual Meeting on 25 November 2014, the Board of
Veritas Investments Limited (NZX: VIL) has appointed John Moore as an
Independent Director of the Company with effect from 1 December 2014. John
is an experienced investment banker and corporate adviser who has worked in
Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and New Zealand.
Veritas Chairman, Mark Darrow, said "John will be an exceptional addition to
the Board. He is an experienced investment banker and corporate adviser who
has worked both in New Zealand and internationally. John was Head of Equity
Capital Markets for Craigs Investment Partners, and more recently has
established NZX sponsor firm, Miro Capital."
John started his career with CS First Boston in Australia in 1993, before
moving to Ord Minnett / Jardine Fleming, transferring to Hong Kong in 1997.
Joining ABN AMRO in Hong Kong in 1997, he then had various roles in both
Equity Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions for ABN AMRO, including
being responsible for NZ ECM (2001 - 2003) and holding senior positions in
the group's investment banking operations in Asia between 2004 and 2009.
John has been based in New Zealand since 2009 and, from 2010 to early 2014,
was Head of ECM for Craigs Investment Partners. In May 2014, John
established Miro Capital Advisory Limited, an advisory firm focused on
providing capital markets advice to small and medium sized companies in New
Zealand, both listed and unlisted. Miro Capital is an NZX Sponsor firm as
well as being the first accredited NXT Market Advisor firm.
John has experience working with a range of New Zealand companies, including
working on the IPOs of Freightways, Skellerup, Summerset, Moa, SLI Systems
and the Fonterra Shareholders Fund, as well as transactions for Veritas (the
acquisition of Mad Butcher and the associated equity raising), Goodman
Property, Contact Energy and Arrium.
The Board has determined that John is an independent Director for the
purposes of Rule 3.3.2 of the NZX Main Board Listing Rules.
In addition, and as approved by shareholders at the Annual Meeting on 25
November 2014, Richard Sigley has joined the Veritas Board with effect from
28 November 2014. This is the date on which Veritas acquired The Better Bar
Company group of hospitality outlets.
Mr Darrow says Richard Sigley brings wide hospitality industry experience to
the Veritas board having been in the industry for 20 years.
"Richard is the current CEO of the Nourish Group and held several senior
management roles at DB Breweries. He has worked in the retail wine and
spirits sector and in advertising. He's also an elected board member of the
Hospitality Association of New Zealand."
Mark Darrow
Chairman, Veritas Investments
+64 21 88 88 58
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