Notice of Annual General Meeting and Voting

Financial Advice New Zealand members are formally notified that Financial Advice New Zealand’s 6th Annual General Meeting will be held as follows:

Date:                 Wednesday 11th October 2023
Time:                 1.00pm – 2.00pm
Venue:              The AGM will be held via Zoom
Registration:   Click here to register

Items of Business
1.         Welcome
2.         Apologies
3.         Call for General Business
4.         Minutes of Annual General Meeting 5th September 2022
5.         Presentation of the Annual Report
6.         Presentation of the 2022-23 Financial Statements
7.         Board resolutions (full details here)
                    – Resolution 1 – Directors’ Remuneration
                    – Resolution 2 – Appointment of Accountant to review the Financial Statements
8.        Announcement of election results and election of the Member Director Risk
9.       General Business

Appointment of Returning Officer
The Board has appointed CEO Katrina Shanks as the Returning Officer for this meeting.

AGM Attendance and voting
As per the constitution Adviser Members, FAP Members and Life Members may attend the AGM and each of these Members has one vote. Non-financial Members cannot vote by any means. Retired Members, Associates, Corporate Associate Forum members and guests may attend the meeting but have no voting rights. Votes can be cast by attending the meeting online, or by proxy.

Proxy Form
A member who is entitled to attend and vote can appoint another member who is similarly entitled to attend and vote, or the Chair, to vote on their behalf. If you wish to appoint a proxy, please complete this Proxy Form and return it to katrinas@financialadvice.nz no later than 48 hours prior to the start of the meeting (Monday 9th October 2023, 1pm).
Note: Only one proxy can be held per member attending the Annual General Meeting. The Chair can hold unlimited proxy votes. If a member holds more than one proxy vote, the second and additional proxy votes default to the Chair.

Apologies  & Administration
If you cannot attend the AGM and would like to submit your apology to the meeting, please fill in this online apology form.  

If members have questions regarding the Annual General Meeting please contact Katrina Shanks CEO on 0800 432 101

Member Director Risk Voting
Voting has now closed!
To enable and encourage as many members as possible to exercise their right to vote for Member Directors, the Returning Officer has determined the voting for the Member Director Risk vacancy on the Financial Advice New Zealand Board opened on Wednesday 6th September 2023 and closed at 1pm on Wednesday 27th September 2023. This allows enough time for the votes to be validated, counted and for the successful Member Director to be officially announced at the AGM. This pre-AGM online voting replaces voting for the Member Director at the AGM and is not in addition to it.

As per the constitution Adviser Members, FAP Members and Life Members may vote once. Non-financial Members cannot vote. Members become non-financial if they have missed three monthly payments.  

To cast a valid vote, you will need to enter your member details including your name and membership number.

The Member Director Risk Nominees are:
• Sonja Barrett
• Zebunisso Alimova 

Nominees’ photos, bios and videos in support of their nomination are available here on the Financial Advice NZ website. The full details of voting and the online voting form are also on that page. 

If members have questions regarding the Annual General Meeting please contact Katrina Shanks CEO on 0800 432 101

Related links

Notice of Annual General Meeting
Board Resolutions
– AGM 2023 Proxy Form
– Register to attend the AGM
– Give your apologies
– Member Director Risk Nominee details
– Member Director Risk Voting form (open now)