Financial services people recognised in Queens Birthday awards
Gavin Walker, Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Walker has been Chairman of Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation Fund since 2012, having been a member of the Guardians Board since 2010.
The nearly $30 billion New Zealand Superannuation Fund was the world’s best performing sovereign wealth fund over the past five years. In the past three years under Walker’s chairmanship the fund returned an average of 15% annuually. The New Zealand Super Fund was recognised for its excellence in governance by Deloitte Top 200 in 2015.
Walker has more than 30 years of experience in the financial services industry both at executive and board level. He was the founding chief executive and a director of Bankers Trust New Zealand until 1996, after which he led the Bankers Trust Investment Bank in Sydney.
He is currently Chairman of the ASB Bank, Sovereign Assurance and the ultra-fast broadband steering committee.
Franceska Banga, Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
Banga is an internationally recognised venture capital investment specialist, and is recognised as a pioneer in state sector venture capital investment in New Zealand.
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