Nikko AM appoints Craig Donaldson to Board of Directors

Investment News, 4 November 2019

Nikko Asset Management has named Kea NZ global chief, Craig Donaldson, to its board, replacing outgoing director, Tracey Berry.

Berry, a well-known figure in NZ financial services, has returned to an executive role in the industry as general manager in the TSB wealth business. At various times over the last 15 years she has served as head of wealth management for three NZ banks – Kiwibank, BNZ and Westpac.

TSB (via the TSB Community Trust) is the majority owner of KiwiSaver provider Fisher Funds, creating a potential conflict of interest for Berry if she remained on the board of Nikko, which launched its own scheme last year.

The Nikko KiwiSaver scheme had about $5 million under management and 60 members at the end of September this year.

Donaldson is global chief of the Kiwi networking business co-founded by Sir Stephen Tindall, Kea NZ. Kea boasts about 500,000 NZ ex-pat members with an aim “to connect with one another and with home to find global opportunities”.

As well as serving on a number of other boards (including newly-launched digital commercial property syndicator, Jasper) he held a number of senior finance roles from 1989 to 2005 for Bankers Trust, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch and Royal Bank of Scotland.

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