New Zealand businessman
Sir Selwyn Cushing |
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| Born | Selwyn John Cushing
(1936-09-01) 1 September 1936 (age 88)
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| Education | Hastings Boys' High School |
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| Occupation | Businessman |
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| Spouse |
Kaye Dorothy Anderson
( m. 1964; died 1986) |
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| Children | 2 |
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Sir Selwyn John Cushing KNZM CMG (born 1 September 1936) is a New Zealand accountant and businessman.
Early life and family
Cushing was born in Hastings on 1 September 1936,[1] the only child of a manager at the Whakatu freezing works.[2] He was educated at Hastings Boys' High School. In 1964, he married Kaye Dorothy Anderson, and the couple went on to have two children. His wife died in 1986.[1]
Cushing represented Hawke's Bay in cricket,[1] and is also an accomplished violinist.[2]
Career
Cushing qualified as a chartered accountant, and became involved in corporate governance as a director and chair of some of New Zealand's largest and most well-known public companies and state-owned enterprises. Such companies included Brierley Investments, Air New Zealand, Carter Holt Harvey, Mount Cook Group, Electricity Corporation of New Zealand, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, and Skellerup.[1][2][3] He stepped down from the board of the latter company in 2017.[3]
In 2018, the Cushing family was estimated to be worth $235 million.[4]
Honours and awards
In the 1994 Queen's Birthday Honours, Cushing was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, for services to business management,[5] and in the 1999 New Year Honours he was made a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to business, sport and the arts.[6]
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