Chairmen appointed to restructure Post Office

Press, 23 July 1986, Page 11

Chairmen appointed to restructure Post Office

By

OLIVER RIDDELL

in Wellington The Government has appointed chairmen for the three establishment boards that will facilitate the restructuring of the Post Office into three corporations. Mr Roy Mason will chair the board of the Telecom enterprise. He is managing director and chief executive of the EMCO Group, Ltd, the parent company of the New Zealand Motor Corporation, and is a member of the boards of C.M.L., the Angus Group, and Lane Walker Rudkin. Mr Michael Morris will

chair the board of the postal enterprise. A Wellington accountant, he was closely involved in setting up the Shipping Corporation. >

Dr Robin Congreve will chair the Savings Bank enterprise. An Auckland solicitor, he specialises in tax counsel, taxation, banking and finance law, and corporate restructuring.

Earlier this year Messrs Mason and Morris completed a review of the Post Office, its organisation and management structure, and along with Dr Congreve served on the Post Office review

steering committee. The Postmaster-Gen-eral, Mr Hunt, said considerable work had to be done and that it was neither necessary nor desirable to wait for the passing of umbrella, legislation to start this work. When they were announced, the establishment boards would reflect both the commercial interests of each enterprise and the interests of the public, he said.

The three boards would have the task of creating working entity by the target date of April 1, 1987.