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Rosanne Philippa
O’Loghlen Meo: Chairman (Non-Executive)
OBE, Women’s Suffrage
Medal. BA, Dip BIA
Company Director
Rosanne Meo was appointed Chairman of Briscoe Group Limited in May 2001. She is
also Chairman of AMP New Zealand and Deputy Chair of Baycorp Advantage. She is
a director of Ports of Auckland, Overland Footwear Limited and the Bancorp
Advisory Board and a Trustee of the Liggins Institute.
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Rodney Adrian Duke: Group Managing Director and Deputy Chairman
Rod Duke has spent all his working life in the retail sector. After leaving
school in Adelaide, he commenced work with retailers in South Australia before
moving to Waltons Ltd in Sydney in 1980. From 1981 to 1988 he held the
positions of New South Wales Manager of Homecraft/Eric Anderson Stores, a
Senior Merchandise Executive for Grace Brothers then Managing Director of
Norman Ross Ltd. In September 1988, Rod accepted the position of Managing
Director of Briscoes (New Zealand) Limited, at that time a subsidiary of
Hagemeyer of the Netherlands, with a mandate of returning the company to
profitability and preparing it for sale. In January 1990, Rod reached agreement
for the RA Duke Trust to purchase 100% of the shares of Briscoes and he has
continued to be the Group’s Managing Director. In 1996 Rod established,
and in subsequent years expanded, the Rebel Sport chain of sporting goods
stores in New Zealand as a business within the Briscoe Group.
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Alaister John Wall:
Deputy Managing Director
Alaister joined Briscoes (New Zealand) Limited in 1970. During his 33 years
with the Group, he held a variety of accounting and administration positions
before being appointed Group Accountant in 1981, then Finance Director and
Company Secretary in 1987. Since 1987 Alaister has managed the legal, financial
accounting and financing functions of the Group, including the expansion of the
network of Briscoes stores, the establishment and development of Rebel Sport
into the New Zealand market and the restructure of the Group in preparation for
the public Share offer.
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Stuart Hamilton Johnstone:
Director (Non-Executive)
B.C.A., A.C.A., A.N.Z.S.I.A.
Investment Banker
Stuart Johnstone was appointed as a non-executive Director of Briscoe Group
Limited in May 2001. After four years in Life Office investment management,
Stuart joined stockbrokers Buttle Wilson in 1979, initially as a research
analyst then as an investment banker. In 1982 he became a principal of the
firm. In 1987 he jointly established and listed investment banking company
Hamelyn Group Limited, which he subsequently transformed into Creditcorp
Holdings Limited. Stuart was chairman and the largest shareholder of Creditcorp
until its takeover by Baycorp Holdings Limited in 1994. From 1989 until 1993,
Stuart was also an investment banker with Fay, Richwhite & Co. Limited, and
a member of the team that managed the international Initial Public Offering of
shares by Telecom.
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Raymond John Skippen
Director (Non Executive)
John Skippen was appointed as a non-executive director of Briscoe Group Limited
in March 2004. John is a chartered accountant and has been the Chief Financial
Officer and Finance Director of Harvey Norman Holdings since September 1994.
During his career, he has acquired a vast knowledge in all aspects of finance
and administration, including mergers and acquisitions, business restructuring
and property based transactions.
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Board Composition in Future
Briscoe Group’s constitution from the time of listing will provide for a
maximum of five Directors on the Company’s Board. The present Directors
anticipate that over time the number of Directors and composition of the Board
will be altered as appropriate to maintain the best possible Board for the
nature of the activities of the Company and for the pursuit of optimal
corporate performance.
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Geoffrey Peter Scowcroft
B.Com, C.A
Chief Financial Officer
Geoff began his career in finance with an accounting role with Associated
Wholesalers Ltd. After completing a B.Com degree at Auckland University he then
spent 15 years with the major food retailing group Woolworths (NZ) Ltd. His
last position there was as Financial Controller where he was responsible for
all Finance functions including Company Secretary and Treasury duties.
Geoff joined Briscoes as Chief Financial Officer in October 2002 with
responsibility for Finance, IT and Administration.
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Peter William Burilin
B.A.Hons
Chief Operating Officer, Briscoes Group
Peter began his retail career as a graduate trainee with Gateway Foodmarkets
(now Somerfield) in England. Over the next 13 years he obtained experience in
store operations, buying, marketing, concept development and change management
before being promoted to senior operational management positions with
responsibilities for 630 stores. When Peter left the UK in 1996, he was
Managing Director of the group’s large format discount chain, FoodGiant.
Upon arriving in New Zealand Peter was appointed General Manager Operations for
Levene & Co. Limited before moving to Progressive Enterprises as Marketing
Manager. Peter joined Rebel Sport New Zealand in November 1998 as General
Manager, before becoming General Manager of Briscoes in February 2003.
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Steven Victor Salmon
General Manager Operations: Briscoe Group
Steve started his career with Sainsbury's Supermarkets in the UK, working in a
variety of positions, before rising to the position of Store Manager. His
varied roles left him with a wealth of retail experience, which served him well
when he emigrated to New Zealand in 1984. On arriving in this country, he
joined Levenes as the Manager of the first Levene Extreme Store at Wairau Park.
He was later promoted to the Northern Regional Manager of Levene Extreme. This
was the position he held, until joining Rebel Sport as National Operations
Manager in 1998. Steve was appointed to the role of General Manager of Rebel Sport in 2004 and General Manager Operations in August 2008.
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Fraser Collins
General Manager Merchandise: Briscoe Group
Fraser Collins began his retail career in 1976 for Haywrights Ltd in
Christchurch. He held a number of positions within this group, before joining
Briscoes as the Manager of Christchurchs' two stores in 1984. This role gave
him a great insight into the Briscoe's culture, and provided the base for his
subsequent career within the company. Four years later he was appointed Project
Manager, where he was responsible for opening all Briscoes stores until 1999.
During this time, he also held the position of South Island Operations Manager
and National Operations Manager. Fraser was appointed to the position of General Manager of Briscoes in 2004 and General Manager of Merchandise in August 2008.
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Other Employees
Rebel Sport employs approximately 615 permanent full time and permanent part time staff, 17 of which are employed at their Head Office in Auckland.
In peak periods the company employ staff on a fixed term basis and this number can increase to around 704.
Rebel Sport stores employ generally between 25 and 35 permanent staff each.
Briscoes Homeware (includes Urban Loft & Living & Giving) employs approximately 1074 permanent full time and permanent part time staff, 25 of which are employed at their Head Office in Auckland.
In peak periods the company employ staff on a fixed term basis and this number can increase to around 1298.
Briscoes Homeware stores employ generally between 15 and 25 at the smaller branches and between 25 and 40 at the larger branches.
Briscoe Group has 72 employees, providing management, finance and administration, information technology and other support functions.
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