Selwyn Cushing

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Sir Selwyn Cushing

Born
Selwyn John Cushing

(1936-09-01) 1 September 1936 (age 87)
Hastings, New Zealand
Education Hastings Boys' High School
OccupationBusinessman
Spouse
Kaye Dorothy Anderson
(m. 1964;died 1986)
Children2

Sir Selwyn John Cushing KNZM CMG (born 1 September 1936) is a New Zealand accountant and businessman.

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Early life and family

Cushing was born in Hastings on 1 September 1936, [1] the only child of a manager at the Whakatu freezing works. [2] He was educated at Hastings Boys' High School. In 1964, he married Kaye Dorothy Anderson, and the couple went on to have two children. His wife died in 1986. [1]

Cushing represented Hawke's Bay in cricket, [1] and is also an accomplished violinist. [2]

Career

Cushing qualified as a chartered accountant, and became involved in corporate governance as a director and chair of some of New Zealand's largest and most well-known public companies and state-owned enterprises. Such companies included Brierley Investments, Air New Zealand, Carter Holt Harvey, Mount Cook Group, Electricity Corporation of New Zealand, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, and Skellerup. [1] [2] [3] He stepped down from the board of the latter company in 2017. [3]

In 2018, the Cushing family was estimated to be worth $235 million. [4]

Honours and awards

In the 1994 Queen's Birthday Honours, Cushing was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, for services to business management, [5] and in the 1999 New Year Honours he was made a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to business, sport and the arts. [6]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Sir Selwyn could well become a white knight". The Dominion. 31 December 1998. p. 2.
  3. 1 2 "Sir Selwyn Cushing retires from Skellerup board as son joins". Hawkes Bay Today. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  4. Ashton, Andrew (18 August 2018). "Rich list 'highlights gulf'". Hawkes Bay Today. p. 5.
  5. "No. 53697". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 11 June 1994. p. 33.
  6. "New Year honours list 1999". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 1998. Retrieved 31 August 2019.