Colin Andrew Nielsen Beyer was a New Zealand lawyer.
20 Facts About Colin Beyer
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Colin Beyer was a partner and then consultant with Simpson Grierson in Wellington.
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Also a prominent businessman with many governance positions, Beyer was a securities commissioner on the Securities Commission of New Zealand from 2001 until 2010.
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Colin Beyer was the stepfather of former Member of Parliament Georgina Beyer.
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Colin Beyer's father worked on the wharves in Wellington and his mother worked for the Education Department.
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Colin Beyer graduated with an LLB and was admitted to the bar in 1962.
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Colin Beyer was a partner with Simpson Grierson for ten years until 2003, when he became a consultant.
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Colin Beyer was made a Distinguished Fellow of the Institute of Directors in 2006.
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Colin Beyer served as Chairman of the Accident Compensation Corporation, Government Property Services Ltd.
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Colin Beyer was a ministerial appointee on the Wellington Area Health Board and the Wellington Polytechnic Board.
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Colin Beyer was chairman of the Tower Corporation from 1990 until his resignation in 2003.
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Colin Beyer was widely criticised in financial circles for publicly blaming Boonzaier for Tower's poor financial performance, and Colin Beyer's decision not to stand for re-election prior to the 2003 AGM is described as having prevented the "possibility of a humiliating defeat".
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Colin Beyer was appointed to the Securities Commission in February 2001 for a four-year term.
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In 2009, Minister of Commerce Simon Power announced that Colin Beyer would retire in February 2010, to be succeeded by Simon Botherway.
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Colin Beyer was the Honorary Consul-General of Finland from 1993, and was by 2006 the Dean of the Consular Corps in Wellington.
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Colin Beyer was made a Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland.
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Colin Beyer's first child, born 1957 as George Bertrand and later named Georgina Beyer, came to live with them after their marriage after having spent the previous years with her parents.
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Colin Beyer separated from Noeline in 1971 and moved to Brooklyn, where he shared an apartment with Ron Brierley, whom he knew from Wellington College.
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Colin Beyer achieved fame as the world's first transsexual Member of Parliament.
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Colin Beyer's funeral was held at Old St Paul's, Mulgrave St, Wellington.