Punakaiki Fund Appoints Sandy Maier And Wayne Hudson

26 June 2013

Punakaiki Fund Appoints Sandy Maier And Wayne Hudson as Directors

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Sandy Maier and Wayne Hudson as independent directors of Punakaiki Fund Limited.

Wayne is an experienced legal expert who increasingly applied his legal and commercial skills to helping high growth technology companies over the past decade. He brings considerable expertise and connections with the technology-led sector.

Sandy has deep governance experience, particularly with funds management. He brings a wide portfolio of knowledge and connections, and is well known to investors in New Zealand.

Sandy and Wayne join Lance Wiggs on the board of Punakaiki Fund.

ENDS

About Sandy Maier

Sandy has extensive experience in corporate governance and finance. A Yale undergraduate and Harvard Law School graduate, Sandy served in international commercial and investment banking with Citicorp/Citibank for 15 years. He first came to New Zealand in 1986 to establish Citibank in New Zealand as CEO and in 1990 served as the Statutory Manager of Development Finance Corporation, a role which saw him awarded a Commemoration Medal for services to NZ. He is well regarded in the fund management community and respected for taking on the challenges of the toughest turnarounds.

Sandy serves as a director for several companies including Ngai Tahu Holdings and PowerbyProxi, and is Chairman of Pathfinder Asset Management and Innova Products.

About Wayne Hudson

Wayne Hudson is a technology and intellectual property law expert. In his career as a lawyer he advised on the commercialisation of intellectual property, the acquisition and sale of technology businesses, raising capital and the establishing and structuring of start-up businesses. He also advised on all aspects of licensing, franchising and international distribution agreements.

Wayne retired from law at the end of 2012. He was a founding partner of Auckland law firm Hudson Gavin Martin, and before that worked with Bell Gully for 28 years, including twenty one years as a partner. He was a trustee of the Government-established HiGrowth Project Trust and president of the New Zealand Software Association.

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