New President for NZRA

08 August 2005

NEw president for the new zealand retailers association

At the Annual General Meeting of the New Zealand Retailers Association held on 4th August Mr Philip Richards of J Ballantyne & Co of Christchurch was elected as the new President.

Mr Richards has a long involvement in the retail industry and comes from one of the icon retailers in New Zealand.  He replaces Mr Bruce Gregory of Leading Edge Communications who had completed his two years as President. 

The full board elected at the AGM was:-

President	Philip Richards, J Ballantyne & Co, Christchurch
Vice Presidents	Bill Wallace, Downtown Shopping Centre, Palmerston North
	Ray Clarke, Mitre 10, Auckland
Immediate Past President	Bruce Gregory, Leading Edge Communications, Auckland
Directors	Jonathan Milne, Simply New Zealand, Auckland
	Fred Hawthorne, Progressive Enterprises, Christchurch
	Terence Delaney, First Mobile, Auckland
	Richard Harford, Harfords, Wellington
	Paul Dolheguy, Builders Hardware, Christchurch

At the AGM, life membership of the Association was awarded to Mr Ted van Arkel, the recently retired Managing Director of Progressive Enterprises.  Ted had served on the Board of the Association for a number of years and this award recognised his huge contribution to both the industry and the Association.

Further information:

John Albertson

Chief Executive Officer

jalbertson@retail.org.nz