New Chair, Trustees
Ken Whitney is the new chair of ASB Community Trust, replacing Ann Hartley, who has stood down from the role.
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22/6/11
An Auckland solicitor, Ken has more than 30 years of experience in property and trust work, including trusteeship of a number of local and off-shore private and superannuation trusts. He is also a trustee of the private Chisholm Whitney Family Charitable Trust.
Trustees have also elected a new Deputy Chair, Auckland lawyer Lyn Lim. She replaces Brian Lythe in the role.
Lyn has been in private practice for more than 20 years and is a principle in the law firm Forest Harrison. She is the Chair of the New Zealand Chinese Youth Trust, a not-for-profit organisation for young Chinese people, and a Council Board Member at Auckland University of Technology.
Brian Lythe remains on the Board as Chair of the Grants Panels, and Ann Hartley, who is also a councillor on the Auckland Council, remains an ASB Community Trust trustee.
Trustee Bob Leveloff has been elected as Chair of the Trust’s Investment Panel and Unasa Enosa Auva’a now chairs the Māori and Pacific Panel.
Meanwhile, four new Trustees have been appointed to the ASB Community Trust Board: Alistair Bell from Parnell, Toni Millar from St Heliers Bay, Alfred Ngaro from Panmure and Bill Plunkett from Birkenhead.
The Trustees were appointed by the Minister of Finance for a four-year term. They replace retiring Trustees Phil Greenbank, Jenny Kirk, Ann Green and Lorraine Wilson.
New Chair Ken Whitney praised the work of all the retiring Trustees.
“The trust is a dynamic organisation with many new initiatives under way and these would not have been possible without the tireless work of these and their fellow trustees,” he said.
“As Chair, Ann Hartley represented the Trust with dignity and she brings a depth of knowledge from local government which is invaluable to us.”