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PETROLEUM CORPORATION OF N.Z. LTD. Inaugural appointments as General Manager Group Policy * Planning Manager Finance Manager Company Secretary PETRQCORP which has recently been established In Wellington with a parttcular'y high calibre Board drawn from the private and government sectors, has been created to bring together the Natural Gas Corporation, the Offshore Mining Company and the Petroleum Exploration Company w>th the objective of co ordinating these specialised and vitally important Opcrttiona and providing impetus and direction to New Zealand’s energy search and utilisation activities. By the mid 1980's Petrocorp's total ■ nxestmer”. is estimated to be S7OO million and sales turnover 5250 GENERAL MANAGER The Gene-al Manager will be responsible to the Board of Petrocorp to the overall p anning. leading, organising and controlling of the group •nrough the 3 operating subsidiaries, in the fields of exploration, investment appraisal processing, distribution and marketing. The incumbent will a so have a small specialised corporate team working in the areas of finance, legal and secretarial, marketing and economic/technical planning It must be emphasised that this is a start up operation with the creation of new relationships among subsidiaries, new policies, new systems and new objectives. The General Manager must be able to play a pivotal role here in accepting both the challenge and burden of these initiatives Furthermore, the appointee must accept that the job will attract public and governmental scrutiny. The position calls for a senior executive of proven ability, preferably accustomed to a group structure, and with significant general management experience. Petrocorp will engage in joint ventures and frequently require governmental Involvement. The successful applicant would need to be an experienced and successful negotiator. An appropriate tertiary qualification Is required. A prior background In the petroleum or similar Industry would be of advantage but is not essential The appointee must be able to assimilate technology in broad terms and effectively lead enterprises with highly specialised staff. GROUP POLICY + PLANNING MANAGER This is a corporate planning role, covering the medium and long terms, with specific responsibility to the General Manager for co-ordinating the Group's Business Plans, providing services in the fields of project feasibility studies and investment appraisals, and directing an economic service unit. He will liaise closely with subsidiaries’ executives and will be involved in multi party negotiations, e g. joint venture agreements Applicants, who must possess an appropriate degree, should have had broad experience in economic and strategy planning within the public or private sectors. Prior association with the petroleum or allied industries would be of advantage but is not a pre requisite. Age is flexible. GROUP FINANCE MANAGER The incumbent will have responsibility to the Genera! Manager for the operational accounting activities of the Group and will initially be concerned with co-ordinating existing systems in the financial and manage* ment accounting areas and providing where necessary new finance and investment policies and procedures tor the group as a whole. Integrated MIS will be required and installed as Petrocorp assumes a more active management role and it is planned that EDP will play an important part in the collection and use of Information. Reporting to the Group Finance Manager will be a Chief Accountant and a Project Accountant. Applicants should be qualified to at least ACA and have performed successfully in a significant finance,-accounting management position, preferably in a group corporate structure. Familarity with EDP applications is essential a,nd the age range flexible. COMPANY SECRETARY The Company Secretary will guide the policies of the Board In terms of legal compliance. Ongoing responsibilities include the recording of formal corporate action, ensuring the safeguarding of records, trade marks, patents, real estate interests, etc., arranging adequate Insurances, coordinating office services, organising presentation of reports from subsidiaries to the parent Board, and providing a range of group administrative services. ... Applicants will have previous senior secretarial experience, preferably with a group corporate structure, and be qualified to at least ACIS. The age range is flexible. CONDITIONS H 1 u , Salary negotiations for the above appointments will be flexible and In the brackets applicable to comparable positions in New Zealand s largest companies. In each case an appropriate car and other excellent benefits will be provided. SECURITY: No Information disclosed nor enquiries made without your permission. Please forward appropriate details, quoting reference 276, or direct any enquiries to: E. R. Harrisson Personnel Services Division PA Management Consultants Limited PO. Box 12048. Wellington Office also in Auckland. '-WW

PLANT AND MACHINERY FINANCE Challenge Finance Limited CHRISTCHURCH Guardian Royal Exchange Building, 79-83 Hereford St, CPC Christchurch. Telephone 66-698. PO. Box 2590

;! MOTOR INDUSTRY < OVERSEAS MANAGEMENT OPPORTUNITY SALES MANAGER 4 Burns Philp (New Guinea) Limited is one of the largest companies operating •' i - Papua New Guinea. Its subsidiary company, Ela Motors Limited, is sole < distributor for TOYOTA. YAMAHA and MASSEY FERGUSON and operates f throughout the country providing sales, service and spare parts for these J products. 5 We are seeking a mature person with previous experience in management 5 in the motor industry preferably with a large distributor holding a major 5 franchise involving volume sales. The person must be conversant with all d forms of sales administration with particular knowledge of sales training ? for salesmen, sales promotion, stock ordering, second-hand car trading, 5 and a working knowledge of the service and spare parts operations. S The position is based at Kieta, Bougainville Island, and because of the 5 location applicants should have no dependent children because of edu--5 cation difficulties. Salary is negotiable and benefits include superannuation, % subsidised accommodation and annual return fares to New Zealand for ■J leave purposes. Interviews will be arranged in New Zealand *1 Piease reply with full details to: J, >*■ Tbe Personnel Manager. > /Wib \ BVRNS. PHILP (NEW GUINEA) LIMITED, I W I pO. Box 75. Port Moresby. N.C.D. .• V J Papua New Guinea. •C Your interest in this position will not be j titscloretl to anvone without your permission.