Board of Directors
- Trevor Janes (Chair)
- Robin Hill (Deputy Chair)
- Sarah Roberts
- Candis Craven
- Rodger Finlay
- Fiona Oliver
- Hinerangi Raumati
- Sue McCormack
Trevor Janes (Chair)
BCA, CA, FNZFIP, FInstD
Public Trust Board Member since May 2009.
Chair since May 2010.
Trevor is an experienced Company director who sits on a number of public and private boards.
He is Deputy Chairman of Abano Healthcare Group, Chairman of Salvus Strategic Investments Limited and a director of Procare Health Ltd. Trevor is a Member of the Investment Committee of the Board of Accident Compensation Corporation, Deputy Chairman of Mighty River Power Ltd where he Chairs the Risk Assurance and Audit Committee, and a director of the litigation funding company LPF Group Ltd.
Trevor's career has been in investment banking and financial analysis. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Financial Professionals New Zealand Inc, and was previously a Fellow, and past Chairman, of the New Zealand Society of Investment Analysts.
He is also a Member of the Chartered Financial Analysts Institute (USA) and of the CFA Society Inc in NZ, an affiliate of the United Kingdom Society of Investment Professionals and a Fellow of the Institute of Directors.
Robin Hill (Deputy Chair)
BCom, Fellow NZICA
Public Trust Board Member since May 2007, Deputy Chair since 2007.
Chair of the Risk Assurance and Audit Committee.
Member of the Governance and Remuneration Committee.
Robin has an extensive background in financial and commercial roles. He has gained insight from working with some of New Zealand's leading corporate organisations.
He is an Advisory Trustee of the New Zealand Armed Forces Superannuation Scheme and the NZDF (Civil Staff) Superannuation Scheme, Deputy Chair of the Gas Industry Company Limited, Deputy Chair of Wai-West Enterprises Ltd and a Trustee of the Volunteer Service Abroad Foundation.
Robin's range of experience includes working as Managing Partner of Coopers and Lybrand Wellington and as Chairman and Chief Executive of Coopers and Lybrand (New Zealand) where he managed the successful merger with Price Waterhouse to form PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
Robin was an inaugural member of the Accounting Standards Review Board. He is a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants
Sarah Roberts
LLB
Public Trust Board Member since May 2007.
Chair of the Due Diligence Committee.
Member of the Risk Assurance and Audit Committee.
Sarah is a senior corporate partner with law firm Buddle Findlay specialising in major commercial transactions across the public and private sectors.
She advises major institutions and substantial companies on a variety of acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, management buy outs and structuring matters. Sarah is also a director of Australasian private equity firm, Pacific Equity Partners (NZ) Limited and is a member of the Auckland University Council.
Sarah has also served as a member of the Board of Healthcare Hawkes Bay and was Chair of Buddle Findlay from 2004 to 2007.
She is a member of the Institute of Directors and of the Australian Venture Capital Association.
Candis Craven
DipEd, BA, MA (Hons), Graduate Diploma (Personal Financial Planning),ONZM
Public Trust Board Member since January 2008.
Chair of the Investment Committee.
Member of the Governance and Remuneration Committee.
Candis is a consultant and company director with substantial experience in the social services and not for profit sector.
She is Managing Director of Niger Holdings Limited which provides consultancy services to the Ministry of Health, the NZ Medical Council, the NZ Nursing Council and many local authorities and health boards.
Candis is a Trustee and Chair of the Finance and Investment Committee of the ASB Community Trust, Chair of the NZ Contemporary Art Trust and a member of the Occupational Therapy Board of New Zealand. She is a Director of the Auckland Regional Funding Amenities Board.
Candis has also held positions with a wide range of organisations including the New Zealand Family Planning Association and Presbyterian Support Services. She is an Associate Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management and a Member of the Institute of Directors.
Rodger Finlay
BCom, CA
Public Trust Board Member since May 2009.
Member of the Investment Committee.
Member of the Due Diligence Committee.
Rodger is a company director and an active South Island farmer. He has extensive experience in the financial services, funds management and investment banking sectors.
His directorships include Rural Equities Limited where he chairs the Audit Committee, Moeraki Limited and Mundane Asset Management Limited, of which he is Chairman.
Rodger has more than twenty five years experience in the financial services industry including senior investment banking and funds management positions with a range of major international institutions including UBS, Paribas and Credit Suisse First Boston.
He is a Member of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants and of the Institute of Directors.
Fiona Oliver
LLB, BA
Public Trust Board Member since November 2009.
Chair of the Governance and Remuneration Committee.
Member of the Investment Committee.
Member of the Due Diligence Committee.
Fiona has significant experience in operational leadership roles in Auckland, Sydney and London in funds management, private equity and the wider financial services industry. Most recently, she was the Chief Operating Officer of BT Funds Management (NZ) Limited, the investment arm of Westpac. Before that, she worked for AMP Limited in both Sydney and London in senior commercial management and in-house legal positions.
Fiona has also practised in Auckland and London in private practice as a corporate lawyer, specialising in corporate finance.
Fiona also serves as a board member of Dress for Success (NFP).
Hinerangi Raumati
BMS, MMS, CA
Public Trust Board Member since November 2009.
Member of the Risk Assurance and Audit Committee.
Member of the Investment Committee.
Hinerangi is a Chartered Accountant with significant investment and financial management and governance experience.
Her current roles include director of Te Ohu Kai Moana Portfolio Management Services Limited, alternate director on the Te Ohu Kai Moana board, Management Committee member of Parininihi ki Waitotara Inc and Trustee of the Parininihi ki Waitotara Trust and Chair of the Nga Miro Health Trust.
Hinerangi was CFO of Tainui Group Holdings Limited from 2002 to 2009 and was previously Deputy Chair and Chair of the Investment Committee of Trust Waikato.
She is a member of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Sue McCormack
BA, LLB
Public Trust Board Member since May 2010.
Sue is senior partner with law firm Mortlock McCormack Law of Christchurch, specialising in corporate and commercial law with a special interest and expertise in business mergers and acquisitions, dispositions and insolvency law.
Sue is an experienced company director and has sat on a number of public and private boards. She is a Member of the University of Canterbury Council and has previously been a director of the Lyttleton Port Company Limited and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
Sue is currently the Chair of Clown Doctors New Zealand, a trustee of St Margaret's Board of Trustees and Honorary Solicitor of Dress for Success.
Sue is also a member of the Institute of Directors.

