1. Roger Sutton was chief executive of power lines company Orion New Zealand Limited from 2003 until 13 June 2011, when he commenced as CEO of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority.
11 Facts About Roger Sutton
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Roger Sutton resigned in 2014 after being found guilty of serious misconduct by the State Services Commission.
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Roger Sutton graduated in 1986 from the University of Canterbury with a Bachelor of Engineering.
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Roger Sutton is chair of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority.
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On 13 June 2011, Roger Sutton commenced the new role, which had a remuneration of $500k.
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Roger Sutton's appointment was widely praised and welcomed from all sectors of society, with the popularity gained by Roger Sutton's reaction to the way power was restored, staff praised and information communicated after the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake.
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The CEO of the Canterbury Employers' Chamber of Commerce, Peter Townsend, said it was the "most important Government appointment of the year" and that Roger Sutton had all the right attributes for the job.
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The Central City Business Association manager Paul Lonsdale said that Roger Sutton had shown through his reaction to three earthquakes that he was very pragmatic.
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Roger Sutton was first suggested to lead the city's rebuild by former mayor Garry Moore and Wigram MP Jim Anderton in early March 2011.
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Roger Sutton resigned as CEO of CERA on 17 November 2014, after a complaint from a female staffer about inappropriate behaviour.
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Roger Sutton allowed Sutton to give his version of events at a press conference announcing his resignation - even though Sutton and the complainant were both bound by a confidentiality agreement.