MICHAEL SMITH - CONSULTANT
Qualifications
LLB, Victoria University 1980
Admitted to the Bar in New Zealand 1981
Contact details
Direct Dial: (07) 571 3852
Email:
michael-smith@hobec.co.nz
Michael has been a consultant at Holland Beckett since 1996.
After completing a law degree at Victoria University in 1980 Michael commenced employment with Kensington Swan in Wellington where he spent 3 years.
Michael moved to Tauranga in 1985 and became a partner at Holland Beckett Maltby in 1986. From 1989 he headed the commercial team at Hobec and acted for a number of public companies, banks, national and local businesses, developers and trusts.
In 1996 he became a consultant to the firm. Since that time he has been a director of a number of companies including NZX and ASX public companies and local government companies and is currently chairman of the BOP Regional Council's Quayside Group of Companies; Chairman of Craigs Investment Partners Investment Management Limited and Craigs Investment Partners Superannuation Management Limited.
Michael is also a Director of New Zealand Golf, Port of Tauranga Limited, Custodial Services Limited, and First Mortgage Managers Limited.
Michael is a member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors
Areas of expertise