Derek Shorter Email & Phone Number

Ngawaro, Bay Of Plenty, NZ

Hamilton

Napier, Hawkes Bay

Pan Pac Forest Products Limited is a Hawkes Bay integrated forest owner with cutting rights to +30,000 hectares of plantation forests, sawmills in Napier and Otago and a BCTMP pulp facility. Owned by Oji Holdings Corporation, Japan, Pan Pac has a turnover in excess of $350 million predominantly in export markets, employing 350 permanent staff and a further.

Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland Transport requirements were for a legal and negotiations expert to establish commercial oversight across AT’s operations divisions for the services provided by the Business Technology Division. A key focus was the Integrated Fares and Real Time Passenger Information Systems outsourcing and HOP card. I co-ordinated the operations and procurement.

Hayman Island, Queensland, Australia

Hayman is an iconic Australian resort located in the Whitsunday Islands, owned by Mulpha Group of Malaysia. The Owner required a strategy for diversification from the neighbouring Hamilton Island resort and returning the business to profit. Stood in for and recruited vacant management positions. Re-negotiated retail outlets terms and restored.

Auckland NZ Denarau FIJI

• Denarau investments Limited is the owner of the Fiji Beach Resort and Spa managed by Hilton, a luxury hotel construction project located on Denarau Island, Fiji.
• Approached by the project financiers to provide all CFO functions, specifically addressing chronic project overruns and late villa settlements in respect of the Stage 1 completion.
• Negotiated with Fiji based creditors to secure a $3 million savings in costs and provided the Fiji Government a detailed audit to justify… Show more Denarau investments Limited is the owner of the Fiji Beach Resort and.
• Negotiated with Fiji based creditors to secure a $3 million savings in costs and provided the Fiji Government a detailed audit to justify development incentives.
• Secured Stage 2 project finance of $60 million, resident in Denarau, Fiji for eighteen months, managing the construction activities on behalf of the bank’s receiver Korda Mentha, including satisfying the government.
• Resolved an $8 million VAT dispute between the Fiji Revenue Authority, villa owners and Denarau Investments. Show less

Jacksonville, Florida, USA

• Rayonier Inc. is a Real Estate Investment Trust listed on the NYSE with a market cap of US$ 6.2 billion and turnover of US$ 1.3 billion. The Company is a major timberlands investor and operator of three specialty.
• Promoted to USA based controller for the domestic (Northwest and Southeast) and international (New Zealand, Australia, Chile, Canada and Russia) resources operations.
• Responsible for… Show more Rayonier Inc. is a Real Estate Investment Trust listed on the NYSE with a market cap of US$ 6.2 billion and turnover of US$ 1.3 billion. The Company is a major timberlands investor and.
• Responsible for a turnover of US $800 million, this division contributed 80% of total company operating income. Instrumental in turning around sawmill losses in the SE USA which added $20 million to income and.
• Proficient in the division’s SEC filings (10K, 10Q and MD&A), led the Sarbanes-Oxley compliance programme and the conversion from publicly listed company to listed Real Estate Investment Trust.
• Championed the purchase of additional forest assets in New Zealand and the IPO initiative for the Matariki Forests joint venture. Led the successful divestment of the Mataura MDF facility to Rayonier customer Dongwha.

Auckland, New Zealand

• Established the financial and operations systems, and reporting under USD functional currency and US GAAP following the Rayonier acquisition of 30 Crown Forest licences across New Zealand.
• Delivered a bespoke depletion taxation model ($33 million benefit), tax equalisation for expat staff and look through structure for US income taxes, strategies for JV forest partnerships and financial oversight of the.
• Delivered a bespoke depletion taxation model ($33 million benefit), tax equalisation for expat staff and look through structure for US income taxes, strategies for JV forest partnerships and financial oversight of the.

Dba, Finance And Accounting, Gpa 3.9 Out Of Max 4.0

20 units in finance and accounting plus dissertation; GPA 3.9

Master’S Degree, International Taxation, Honors

honors awarded

Master’S Degree, Mlaw - Commerce, Honors

honors awarded

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance, A

Bachelor’S Degree, Accounting - Commerce, A