Jim Grenon puts himself up for NZME's board as five other directors revealed

Jim Grenon puts himself up for NZME's board as five other directors revealed
Canadian billionaire Jim Grenon wants to shake up media company NZME. (Image: Supplied)
Rebecca Stevenson
NZME, owner of the New Zealand Herald and BusinessDesk, has revealed the names of its potential new board members put forward by Canadian billionaire Jim Grenon as he seeks to wrest control of the media company's governance.On Wednesday morning, the listed media company said six new directors had been put forward by shareholders: Grenon, former Newstalk ZB employee Philip Crump, private equity firm managing director Des Gittings, former The Warehouse executive Simon West, John Lewis and Adam Hoydysh.Grenon's NZME shareholding company no...

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