Scott St John
BCom
Independent Non-Executive Director
Non-Executive Director since March 2024. Scott is a member of the Audit Committee, Risk Committee, Ethics, Environment, Social & Governance Committee and Nomination and Board Operations Committee.
Career
Scott has deep business experience, particularly in financial markets.
Scott is a former long-term CEO of First NZ Capital (now Jarden), and is the Chair of Mercury NZ Limited and serves on the Board of the NEXT Foundation. He was Chancellor of the University of Auckland from 2017 to June 2021, having also been a member of the University Council from 2009.
Scott was also a member of the Capital Markets Development Taskforce, the Financial Markets Authority Establishment Board and the Security Industry Association, which he chaired. Scott will retire as Chair of Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited in August 2024.
Relevant other directorships
Chairman: ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited (from 2024, Director from 2021), and Mercury NZ Limited (from 2024, Director from 2017).
Director: the NEXT Foundation (since 2017).
Relevant former directorships held in the last three years, include
Former Chairman: Fisher and Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited (2020-2024, Director from 2015)
Former Director: Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited (2016 - 2024).
Age: 60 years. Residence: New Zealand. Nationality: New Zealand.
