Fisher Funds appoints Simon Power to replace Bruce McLachlan

Fisher Funds appoints Simon Power to replace Bruce McLachlan
Simon Power: from TV boss to KiwiSaver CEO. (Image: Supplied)
Staff reporters
Former John Key era commerce minister and TVNZ chief executive Simon Power will take the helm at KiwiSaver provider Fisher Funds following the announcement that Bruce McLachlan will retire next February after seven years in the role. Power left politics to spend 10 years in institutional banking at Westpac New Zealand before a brief stint at the state-owned broadcaster, where he left rather than see through a now-doomed merger with Radio NZ that was promoted by the outgoing broadcasting minister, Willie Jackson. McLachlan oversaw the...

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