Eion Edgar Director
Eion has a high profile on the national business and sporting scene. He is Chairman of one of New Zealand’s leading independent investment houses, Forsyth Barr. With a trading history spanning 70 years, Forsyth Barr has 11 offices nationwide and employs over 200 staff.
He is a past president of the New Zealand Olympic Committee, Chairman of Queenstown Resort College. He is also director of Martinborough Vineyards Estates Ltd, Mr Chips Holdings Ltd and Structurflex Group Ltd. He is trustee of the Arts Foundation of New Zealand, the Central Lakes Trust, The Foundation for Youth development, the Halberg Trust, the Rhododendrons for Dunedin Trust and the Skeggs Foundation. He is the past president of the New Zealand Soccer Inc and patron of the Wakatipu Trails Trust.
He was Chancellor of the University of Otago for five years and was on the University Council for a total of 22 years. He was previously Chairman of the NZ Stock Exchange and a director of the Accident Compensation Corporation Commission and the Reserve Bank of NZ.
In 1995 Eion was awarded the Dunedin Citizen of the Year for his contribution to the arts, business, education and the sporting community. He received the Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 1996 Queen’s Birthday Honours List. In 2004 he was named The National Business Review New Zealander of the year and is one of six 2004 laureates to be inducted into the NBR Minter Ellison Hall of Fame.
He and his wife Jan have made substantial philanthropic gifts, the main ones to the Edgar Sports Centre in Dunedin and the Edgar National Centre for Diabetes.
His interests are family, all sports, travel, the arts and education.
