Paul Collins (businessman)

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Sir Paul Collins

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Collins in 2015
Born
Paul David Collins

(1953-02-27) 27 February 1953 (age 71)
Wellington, New Zealand
OccupationBusinessman

Sir Paul David Collins KNZM (born 27 February 1953) [1] is a New Zealand businessman and sports administrator.

Collins was born in Wellington in 1953. He has family ties to Martinborough and has lived there since the early 2000s. [2] He was chief executive of Brierley Investments between 1985 and 1998, and was active the boards of several sporting bodies. [3] He served as a governor of the New Zealand Sports Foundation from 1986, and was chair of the organisation from 1992 to 1999. [3] He later chaired Sport New Zealand, formed by the merger of the Sports Foundation and the Hillary Commission. [3] Collins was an inaugural trustee of Wellington Regional Stadium Trust from 1994, and chaired the trust between 2000 and 2012. [3] He was also a member of the board of the Wellington Rugby Football Union and a director of the Hurricanes franchise. [3] Collins was a member of the committee that secured New Zealand's hosting of the 2011 Rugby World Cup. [3] Collins was a director of construction company Mainzeal when it went into receivership in February 2013. [4]

In the 2015 New Year Honours, Collins was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to sports governance. [5]

Collins was appointed to the Wairarapa District Health Board as chairman by the Minister of Health, Jonathan Coleman, in December 2016. [6] Three years later, he was reappointed by Health Minister David Clark. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Who's Who in Australia. ConnectWeb. 2020.
  2. ↑ Springford, Vomle (31 December 2014). "Our newest knight: Sir Paul Collins". Wairarapa Times-Age . Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "New Year honours 2015 – citations for Knight Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  4. ↑ Reason, Mark (11 February 2015). "Sir Paul Collins' knighthood shows lack of respect to truly selfless Kiwis". Stuff . Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "New Year honours list 2015". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "Minister announces DHB Board appointments" (Press release). Wellington: New Zealand Government. Scoop. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  7. ↑ "DHB leadership renewed and strengthened" (Press release). Wellington: New Zealand Government. Scoop. 7 December 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
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