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Sir Tipene O'Regan
Non-Executive Director
Sir Tipene was the founding chairman of both Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission from 1989-2000 and the Sealord Group of Companies from 1993-2002. From 1986 he was a Maori fisheries negotiator and played a central role in the historic treaty fisheries settlements of 1989 and 1992.
A professional company director, Sir Tipene founded and then chaired the Ngai Tahu Holding Corporation from its inception in 1991 until 2000 and remains a director of a number of companies in the tourism, agricultural and natural resource sectors. He has been a member of the NZ Fishing Industry Board and a director of the NZ Seafood Industry Council Ltd and was previously a board member of the NZ Broadcasting Corporation and a director of Television NZ Ltd.
He is also an honorary lecturer and adjunct fellow of the Australian Maritime College where he teaches on the MBA programme.
He is a past trustee of the Prince of Wales Trust and continues as patron of the Christchurch Arts Festival and as patron of the Foundation for Research on Marine Mammals. He is the Upoko (traditional head) of the Awarua Runanga of Ngai Tahu. Sir Tipene was made a Knight Bachelor in 1994. He joined the Clean Seas Board in September 2004.
