Chartered Members & Fellows dinner with Whaimutu Dewes

Overview

Please join our Chartered Members & Fellows dinner as we gather and look ahead to 2023 with Chartered Fellow Whaimutu Dewes. 

Whaimutu has decades of governance experience and has been instrumental in developments in New Zealand constitutional law. We look forward to hearing his insights on governance in various sectors.

This is a great opportunity for you to meet and converse openly, under Chatham House Rule, with other members and the Bay of Plenty Branch committee.

Whaimutu Dewes

Ngati Porou, Ngati Rangitihi

Whaimutu is a member of the board for Contact Energy and the chair of Ngati Porou Forests and Sealord Group. He is a member of the board for Ngäti Porou Holding Company and of the Major Outsourced Contracts advisory board to the Department of Corrections.

Previous directorships include Ngati Porou Seafoods, Ngati Porou Holding Company, Housing New Zealand, Television New Zealand, Te Runanga o Ngati Porou, and the Advisory Boards to the Department of Corrections (Major Outsourced Contracts),Treasury and to AMP.  Whaimutu has also held senior management roles at Fletcher Challenge and the Department of Māori Affairs.

In the course of his career Whaimutu has been instrumental in developments in New Zealand constitutional law. Particularly the recognition of property rights of Māori people secured under the Treaty of Waitangi.  And setting up the governance and execution structures, to realise the economic outcomes from that process.

He has also negotiated long term and significant joint venture arrangements and now oversees between international and Maori companies; in the fields of forestry and carbon sequestration as well as seafood harvest and marketing globally.  

Additional information

Covid-19 precautions

By registering for this event you are confirming that you agree to adhere to our Covid-19 health and safety measures. If you are unwell or have any Covid-19 symptoms please do not attend this event.

Additional requirements

Should you have any particular dietary, mobility, cultural or other requirements, you can let us know on the registration form.

Branch event cancellation policy

Regrettably, registration fees cannot be refunded when cancellations are received within two working days prior to any branch event.

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Contact

Loryn Blaikie
Bay of Plenty Branch Manager
+64 21 101 3920
Loryn.Blaikie@iod.org.nz

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