Sean Wareing (Chairman)
FCPA, ACIS, FAICD

Sean joined the Board as an independent director in October 2004. He has considerable expertise in the property industry as well as a wealth of experience across many other sectors both in Australia and New Zealand. Sean is also a director and President of The Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children. Former directorships include Alesco Corporation Limited, Allianz Australia Limited, St Hilliers Holdings Pty Limited, Air New Zealand Limited, GRW Property Limited, Lend Lease Corporation, Homebush Bay Development Corporation, Clyde Industries Limited, Commonwealth Managed Investments Limited and Australian Tourism Group Limited.

Sean is a Senior Management Programme graduate of Harvard Business School, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, a Fellow of the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants and an Honorary Fellow of the University of Western Sydney. Sean lives in Sydney.

Richard Didsbury
BE

Richard was a founding shareholder and director of the Manager, Kiwi Income Properties Limited, when the Trust was established in 1992. After completing his Bachelor of Engineering at the University of Auckland, his career evolved with Lend Lease and other New Zealand-based property companies. Richard is now enjoying the opportunity to contribute to a variety of public initiatives such as being a trustee of the Committee for Auckland. He has recently been appointed to the boards of Auckland International Airport Limited and Hobsonville Land Company Limited. He also chairs the Trust’s Project Control Group directing the ongoing development of The Plaza at Palmerston North. Richard lives in Matakana.

John Duncan
CA

John joined the Board in March 2002. John retired in 2006 from the ASB Group of Companies where he was Head of Group Finance. His wide-ranging financial services experience includes banking, life insurance, funds management and trustee management. Until recently John was Chairman of Colonial Life Fiji Limited and the National Bank of Fiji Limited and, previously served as Chairman of ASB Bank Group Investments Limited and Sovereign Superannuation Trustees Limited. John is a Chartered Accountant and lives in Auckland.

Wal Edgell
BA

Wal joined the Board in March 2002 and is Head of Business Implementation Group of the property division of Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM), a wide-ranging role within that business. Wal is an experienced company director whose current directorships include Colonial First State Property Limited and Colonial First State Property Management Limited in Australia and he is on the boards of fund management and other management companies in Australia, Luxembourg, Malta and Singapore. Wal’s major responsibilities involve strategic and business planning implementation and delivery and the provision of business infrastructure and services to the Property and Infrastructure groups within CFSGAM. Wal has had more than 30 years’ experience in the financial services and property and infrastructure funds management business arenas. His recent major focus has been leading project teams in providing structuring, implementation and delivery capability to strategic acquisitions and merger opportunities sourced for the CFSGAM property and infrastructure managed funds, and in the provision of ongoing corporate services to those divisions. Wal lives in Sydney.

Robert Narev
MNZM, BA, LLB

Robert joined the Board in June 1992 and is an independent director. Robert was the founding Chairman of Kiwi Income Properties Limited and served in that capacity for nine years. He was a senior partner of the Auckland based law firm Glaister Ennor, for whom he is now a consultant. He specialises in property, commercial law and trusts. He is also a director of MFL Mutual Fund Limited and Superannuation Investments Limited. Robert is a trustee of, and legal adviser to, a number of charitable trusts and is the past president of the Auckland District Society of Notaries. He is a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit. Robert lives in Auckland. 

Joanna Perry
MA (CANTAB), FCA (ICAEW), FCA (NZICA)

Joanna joined the Board as an independent director in September 2006. Joanna chairs the Financial Reporting Standards Board and is a member of the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee and the Australian Accounting Standards Board. Her other current directorships include deputy chair of Genesis Power and independent director of PSIS and AssureQuality Limited. She was a KPMG partner for 17 years until 2006 and a member of the Securities Commission for 11 years until 2008. Joanna lives in Auckland. 

Mike Steur
DIP VAL, FRICS, FPINZ, AAPI

Mike Steur joined the Board in January 2010.  He is the Senior Managing Director of CB Richard Ellis’ Valuation and Advisory Services business across Asia Pacific and is currently based in Sydney.  Mike is an experienced company director whose current directorships include CB Richard Ellis in Australia and he is on the global board of Valuation Professional Group of the RICS representing the Oceania region.  He was a founding director of Richard Ellis in New Zealand in 1988 which became CB Richard Ellis in 1998. Mike is on the Executive Committee of CB Richard Ellis. Recently his role has extended to Asia where Mike is leading the International Valuation initiative for the company.

Mike has some 30 years experience in the property industry covering valuation, property management and consultancy within New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Islands. In addition to his property advisory role he is responsible for business leadership functions including strategic planning, acquisitions, financial management, risk and compliance management and technology development.