A personal obituary: Rob Cameron

Pattrick Smellie
Fri, 23 Feb 2018

By Pattrick Smellie Feb. 23 (BusinessDesk) - The last time I heard from Rob Cameron was out of the blue, just before Christmas. I was hard up against a deadline, but Rob's familiar bark commanded a good half hour, after which I was left in no doubt that he thought Xero's decision to de-list from the New Zealand stock exchange in favour of the ASX was absolutely the right thing to do and that parochial nay-sayers should get back in their box. A passionate believer in the potential of New Zealanders to make a difference on the world stag...

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