John Key

Rt Hon Sir John Key was appointed to the Board in October 2017. A graduate of the University of Canterbury, Sir John started his career in banking and finance in New Zealand with McCulloch Menzies, Lane Walker Rudkin, Elders Merchant Finance and Bankers Trust New Zealand before working for Merrill Lynch in Singapore, London and New York.

In the US he became Head of Global Foreign Exchange with Merrill Lynch. He was also made a member of the Foreign Exchange Committee of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Sir John was the Member of Parliament for Helensville from 2002 and New Zealand’s 38th Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism from 2008 until 2016 when he announced his retirement from politics. He was made a Knight Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2017 Queen’s Birthday Honours.

In 2017 Sir John also received Australia’s highest honour, becoming a Companion of the Order of Australia for advancing the Australia-New Zealand bilateral relationship.