Jonathan Ling

Last updated • 1 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Jonathan Peter Ling (born c. 1954) is an Australian businessman and the former chief executive officer (CEO) of Fletcher Building, a New Zealand construction company and one of the largest companies in New Zealand. [1] He joined the company in 2003. His appointment as CEO was announced in May 2006, and he took up the position in September 2006. [2] [3] He announced his retirement in June 2012, effective in September. Following his retirement, he returned to Australia. [4] [5]

Ling was born in Melbourne, and is a fifth-generation Australian descended from migrants who left southern China in 1830. [1] [3] He was educated at Scotch College Melbourne [6] and completed his post-school studies in Melbourne, acquiring a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineeringfrom the University of Melbourne in 1975, and a master's of business administration from RMIT in 1985. [1]

Related Research Articles

References

  1. 1 2 3 Sharp, Ari (28 March 2008). "Australian boss on NZ building mission". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  2. "Change of CEO for Fletcher Building". The New Zealand Herald. NZPA. 10 May 2006. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  3. 1 2 Gibson, Anne (21 May 2006). "Surfing winds of change suits Fletcher's new CEO". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  4. "Adamson replaces Fletcher Building CEO Ling". National Business Review. 18 June 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  5. Gibson, Anne (23 August 2012). "Fletcher to review 'whole portfolio'". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  6. What they're doing now. Scotch College Melbourne.
Wayback Machine Web archive service

The Wayback Machine is a digital archive of the World Wide Web and other information on the Internet. It was launched in 2001 by the Internet Archive, a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California, United States.