MS Stanford University; LLB (Hons) and BCA Victoria University Luke has a strong background in business and commercial transactions, both in New Zealand and North America. His financial experience has included extensive international business valuation, acquisition, divestment and joint venture analysis and negotiation, and structuring and execution in multi-billion dollar transactions – ranging from minority buyouts to trade sales and IPOs. He joined the Fletcher Challenge Executive Office in 1999, and in 2000 was instrumental in the structuring of the financial separation of the Fletcher Challenge Group, including the establishment of Tenon (then Fletcher Challenge Forests) and the formation of Rubicon in 2001. Luke is a Director and the CEO of Rubicon, the Chairman of Tenon Limited, and a Director of ArborGen Inc. He was previously (2012 – 2015) a Monetary Policy Advisor to the Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.
MS Stanford University; LLB (Hons) and BCA Victoria University