Pip Greenwood, corporate partner and 2008 winner of the ALB New Zealand Dealmaker of the Year award, has been voted in as the first female board chair of New Zealand firm Russell McVeagh. “I am privileged to have the support of the partners,” said Greenwood. “This is a fantastic opportunity and it’s something that I am really looking forward to.”
As board chair, Greenwood will have primary responsibility for steering the strategic growth and direction of Russell McVeagh rather than day-to-day management, which is left to CEO Gary McDiarmid. “I don’t see myself making any radical changes in direction,” she said. “The reality is that we are doing very well in the market place and I will basically be improving certain aspects and making subtle changes.”
Greenwood replaces former board chair Grant Kemble.
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