On The Money: Stephen Mayne – the 1,000 AGM Man

On The Money: Stephen Mayne – the 1,000 AGM Man
Stephen Mayne, self-appointed scourge of the dual-listed NZ company AGM. (Image: Supplied)
Pattrick Smellie
The 1,000 AGM MayneShareholders at the annual meetings of dual-listed New Zealand companies in recent weeks will have become familiar with an Aussie stirrer named Stephen Mayne.For many, it seemed to be a matter of curiosity and, very often, irritation – especially to meeting chairs – that wherever there was an AGM, Mayne asked many pointed questions that tended to make sense.Few will have realised that Mayne is more than just a serial AGM-attender. It is now his life’s work.The former business editor at Sydney’s Daily T...

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