Tony Carter became a director in December 2010 and was appointed Chairman in April 2012. Mr Carter is a director of Fletcher Building Limited, Air New Zealand Limited, ANZ National Bank Limited, is co-chairman of the New Zealand Initiative and is a trustee of the Maurice Carter Charitable Trust. He served as Managing Director of Foodstuffs New Zealand Limited for ten years from 2001 to 2010. Mr Carter received his Master of Engineering degree from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and a Master of Philosophy degree from Loughborough University of Technology, United Kingdom University of Technology, United Kingdom.

Michael Daniell became Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer in November 2001. Mr Daniell served as the General Manager of Fisher & Paykel’s healthcare business from May 1990 until November 2001. From 1979 until May 1990, Mr Daniell held various positions in the business, including product design engineer and technical manager. Mr Daniell has more than 30 years of international healthcare business experience. Mr Daniell received his Bachelor of Engineering degree in electrical engineering with honours from the University of Auckland. Mr Daniell is a member of the Council of the University of Auckland.

Nigel Evans became a director in November 2001. Dr Evans has served as principal of Quark Technology since June 1987. Dr Evans held a variety of management positions with New Zealand Steel Limited from August 1966 to May 1987. Dr Evans received a Master of Science degree from the University of Auckland and a doctoral degree in physics from the University of Cambridge. Dr Evans has also attended the Senior Managers Program, Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University.

Roger France became a director in February 2009. Mr France is Chancellor of the University of Auckland, Chairman of Tappenden Holdings Limited, Deputy Chairman of Air New Zealand Limited, a director of Blue Star Group Holdings Limited and was, until 2008, a director of Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited. He was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers and one of its predecessor firms, Coopers & Lybrand, for over 15 years and was the Chief Financial Officer of Allied Farmers Co-operative Limited and Freightways Holdings Limited for ten years. He was the Managing Partner of Coopers & Lybrand in Auckland for five years. Following the merger with PricewaterhouseCoopers, he led the firm’s Corporate Value consulting practice in the Asia Pacific region and served as a member of its Governance Board. Mr France received his Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Canterbury and is a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Lindsay Gillanders has served as a director since May 1992. Mr Gillanders has also served as a director of Rangatira Limited since October 2002, Auckland Packaging Company Limited since October 2002 and as Chairman of Auckland Packaging Company Limited since September 2003. Until November 2001, Mr Gillanders was responsible for Fisher & Paykel’s legal, regulatory, compliance and intellectual property rights, and worked on major commercial agreements including acquisitions and divestments by both the appliances and healthcare businesses. Mr Gillanders received his Bachelor of Law degree with honours from the University of Auckland.

Arthur Morris became a Director in February 2008. Dr Morris is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Pathologists, the Australasian Society for Microbiology and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Dr Morris trained in Dunedin, Invercargill and Auckland before spending 3 years at Duke University Medical Centre, North Carolina, USA, returning to New Zealand in 1994. Dr Morris is Chairman of DNA Diagnostics Limited and the Chief Executive Officer of Diagnostic Medlab Limited. Dr Morris received his First Class Honours (Microbiology) and medical degrees from the University of Otago and his doctoral degree from the University of Auckland.

Gary Paykel has been a Director of Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited (previously known as Fisher & Paykel Industries Limited) since August 1979 and served as Chairman from November 2001 until March 2012. Mr Paykel served as Chief Executive Officer from December 1989 and Managing Director of Fisher & Paykel Industries Limited from April 1987 until the completion of the reorganisation of Fisher & Paykel Industries. Mr Paykel joined Fisher & Paykel Industries in 1960 and, prior to his appointment to the position of sales director in 1985, held a variety of positions in the manufacturing, engineering, purchasing and sales departments. Mr Paykel has also served as a director of Team New Zealand Limited since March 2004 and is a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.

Michael Daniell became Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer in November 2001. Mr Daniell served as the General Manager of Fisher & Paykel’s healthcare business from May 1990 until November 2001. From 1979 until May 1990, Mr Daniell held various positions in the business, including product design engineer and technical manager. Mr Daniell has more than 30 years of international healthcare business experience. Mr Daniell received his Bachelor of Engineering degree in electrical engineering with honours from the University of Auckland.

Tony Barclay was appointed Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary in November 2001. Mr Barclay previously served as the financial controller of Fisher & Paykel's healthcare business since July 1996. Mr Barclay served as a management accountant for Arnotts Biscuits (NZ) from February 1995 to July 1996 and as financial accountant from December 1993 to January 1995, and as a senior associate and manager with Price Waterhouse in New Zealand and Papua New Guinea from September 1990 to November 1993. Prior to 1990, Mr Barclay held a variety of positions with Price Waterhouse in New Zealand. Mr Barclay has been a Chartered Accountant in New Zealand since May 1990. Mr Barclay received his Bachelor of Commerce degree in accounting and finance from the University of Otago, New Zealand.

Lewis Gradon, was appointed Senior Vice President - Products & Technology in November 2001. Mr Gradon previously served as the General Manager – Research and Development of Fisher & Paykel's healthcare business since September 1996, and as research and development manager since May 1990. Mr Gradon has also held various engineering positions with Fisher & Paykel's healthcare business, including product design engineer, since 1985. Mr Gradon has overseen the development of our complete healthcare product range. Mr Gradon received his Bachelor of Science degree in physics from the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Paul Shearer was appointed Senior Vice President - Sales & Marketing in November 2001. Mr Shearer previously served as the General Manager - Sales and Marketing of Fisher & Paykel's healthcare business since September 1996. Mr Shearer was located in France from June 1998 to October 1998 to establish our French sales company; in the US from January 1996 to May 1998 to establish our US sales company and in the UK from February 1994 to October 1994 to establish our UK sales company. Mr Shearer also served as general manager of international operations from April 1993 until June 1995; as general manager of our Australian sales company from April 1991 to March 1993; and as manager of our New Zealand healthcare sales business from March 1990 to March 1991. Mr Shearer has held various positions with Computercorp Ltd, a computer systems integrator, and ICL Ltd., a large multinational computer systems company. Mr Shearer received his Bachelor of Commerce degree in marketing from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.