Advance Ashburton

Community Foundation

Trustees

OUR BOARD

	Neil Sinclair Chairman Retired - previously a senior partner at Chartered Accountancy Practice in Ashburton Business interests also included a Sharebroking Practice Chairman of St David’s Union Parish Council and was a member of the Presbyterian Church’s Council of Assembly Past President of the Rotary Club of Ashburton, the Mid-South Canterbury Branch of the Institute of Accountants, Ashburton Jaycees and Westside Soccer Club
	Laurence Cooney Deputy Chairman Barrister and Solicitor Notary Public Past Member of NZ Law Practitioners’ Disciplinary Tribunal Past Director of CBS Canterbury Current Trustee of many charitable and other organisations
	Elizabeth Ashford Qualified barrister and solicitor. Director of Ashford Handicrafts Ltd and trustee and director of other trusts and companies. Past - board member of the Furniture Industry Training Organization (FITO), Chair of the Rangi Ruru Girls School House Committee,Trustee for Allenton Primary School and Wastebusters Trust Canterbury
	Kevin Geddes Senior Policy Advisor of Federated Farmers of New Zealand Executive Director of Fertiliser Quality Council and NZ Groundspread Fertiliser’s Association Bishop’s Warden St. Stephens Anglican Parish Judicial Justice of the Peace Southern Representative of the Royal Federation Justices of the Peace
	Anne Fleming Farming Partner and Registered Nurse (retired) Judicial Justice of the Peace Ex Hospital Board Member (Ashburton & Canterbury) Closely involved in Establishment of Ashburton Seniors Centre Building & a Trustee Active in church and community organisations.
	Angus McKay Elected Mayor Ashburton District Council 2010 Elected Canterbury Regional Councillor 1998 to 2010 Chairing Endorsement of R.M.A Certification, Ministry of Environment Farming at Methven
	Trevor Croy Recently retired director and founder of Croys Ltd, Chartered Accountants and business advisors CA in Public Practice since 1981, member of NZ Institute of Chartered Accountants, Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, NZ Trustee Association. Trevor in his spare time enjoys tramping, reading, and travel (especially in the South Island).