PRESENTATION OF DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN AWARD
This
extraordinary meeting of Council has been called to allow His Worship the Mayor,
Hon. John Banks, QSO to confer upon Gary Albert Paykel, CNZM an Auckland City
Distinguished Citizen award.
A
copy of the citation to be presented to Mr Paykel will be embraced in a formal
resolution of Council, details which are set out below:
His Worship the Mayor to move:
Deputy Mayor to second:
"That an Auckland City Distinguished Citizen Award be conferred upon Gary Albert
Paykel and that the record reflect as follows:
The path to distinction
Gary Paykel has devoted his life to building the global
appliance and healthcare companies that bear his family name, while behind the
scenes has changed innumerable lives through his charitable work.
He joined Fisher & Paykel as an 18 year-old in 1960,
working his way from assembly line to sales director to company director in 1979
and then Chief Executive in 1989. He has been Chairman of both Fisher & Paykel
Appliances and Fisher & Paykel Healthcare since the two iconic companies
separated in 2001.
Gary Paykel proved it was possible to create a great New
Zealand brand based on innovation and quality and then take it to the world. He
took these same philosophies to yachting as Chairman of Team New Zealand.
Patron of the Eastern Bays Hospice, he is also Trustee of
the Maurice & Phyllis Paykel Trust, in memory of his parents, dedicated to the
advancement of the health sciences in New Zealand.
Gary Paykel was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order
of Merit in 2001.
Mr Paykel is truly a distinguished citizen of this city."
