Paul Collins (businessman)

Sir Paul David Collins KNZM (born 27 February 1953)[1] is a New Zealand businessman and sports administrator.

Sir Paul Collins

KNZM
Collins in 2015
Born
Paul David Collins

(1953-02-27) 27 February 1953
Wellington, New Zealand
OccupationBusinessman

Collins was born in Wellington in 1953. He has family ties to Martinborough and has lived there since the early 2000s.[2] He was chief executive of Brierley Investments between 1985 and 1998, and was active the boards of several sporting bodies.[3] He served as a governor of the New Zealand Sports Foundation from 1986, and was chair of the organisation from 1992 to 1999.[3] He later chaired Sport New Zealand, formed by the merger of the Sports Foundation and the Hillary Commission.[3] Collins was an inaugural trustee of Wellington Regional Stadium Trust from 1994, and chaired the trust between 2000 and 2012.[3] He was also a member of the board of the Wellington Rugby Football Union and a director of the Hurricanes franchise.[3] Collins was a member of the committee that secured New Zealand's hosting of the 2011 Rugby World Cup.[3] Collins was a director of construction company Mainzeal when it went into receivership in February 2013.[4]

In the 2015 New Year Honours, Collins was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to sports governance.[5]

Collins was appointed to the Wairarapa District Health Board as chairman by the Minister of Health, Jonathan Coleman, in December 2016.[6] Three years later, he was reappointed by Health Minister David Clark.[7]

References
  1. Who's Who in Australia. ConnectWeb. 2020.
  2. Springford, Vomle (31 December 2014). "Our newest knight: Sir Paul Collins". Wairarapa Times-Age. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  3. "New Year honours 2015 – citations for Knight Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  4. Reason, Mark (11 February 2015). "Sir Paul Collins' knighthood shows lack of respect to truly selfless Kiwis". Stuff. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  5. "New Year honours list 2015". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  6. "Minister announces DHB Board appointments" (Press release). Wellington: New Zealand Government. Scoop. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  7. "DHB leadership renewed and strengthened" (Press release). Wellington: New Zealand Government. Scoop. 7 December 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2020.


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