Whaimutu Dewes
Independent Non-Executive Director
Graducate
Auckland Gas Company
New Zealand
Biography
Whaimutu Dewes is of Ngati Porou and Ngati Rangitihi descent and lives in Gisborne. He is the chairman of Aotearoa Fisheries Limited and Sealord Group Limited, and is a director on the Treasury Board. His former directorships include the Housing New Zealand Board, Television New Zealand Limited and the AMP New Zealand Advisory Board, and he was deputy chairman of Sealord Group between 1992 and 2008. Whaimutu has also held senior management roles at Fletcher Challenge and the Department of Maori Affairs. Whaimutu has a Master’s degree in public administration and degrees in arts and law.
Research Interest
Business administration
