Sir John to head Stadium Board

28/8/2009

Sir John Hansen (1957-62) has been named as the chairman of the board to run the Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin.

Sir John Hansen

Sir John will be joined on the board of Dunedin Venues Management Ltd (DVML) by the general manager of Saatchi and Saatchi New Zealand Jennifer Rolfe, the chairman of Silver Fern Farms Stewart Barnett, and a number of other prominent businessmen and sports administrators, some of whom live outside the city but who have agreed to travel to lend their expertise to the project.

Dunedin Mayor Peter Chin (1954-58) said DVML will initially focus on the Forsyth Barr Stadium at University Plaza will be its focus but it will also manage, at a later date, the Dunedin Centre complex following its major redevelopment and the Edgar Sports Centre.

Sir John Hansen is a former High Court judge who managed the New Zealand team in the Hong Kong International Cricket Sixes in 1983; was the Chairman of the final appeals committee at the 2007 Rugby World Cup and who was appointed an International Cricket Council Code of Conduct Commissioner in that same year;

He was made a Distinguished Companion of The New Zealand Order of Merit (DCMNZ) in June last year; was appointed to the New Zealand Rugby Union’s Appeals Council and International Rugby Board Disciplinary Panel earlier this year; and just this month was made a Knight Of the New Zealand Order of Merit.