Barrister Geoffrey Clews has been reappointed to the Disciplinary Committee under the Financial Advisers Act.

Admitted in February 1980, Mr Clews specialises in contentious tax and trusts matters. He has taught and written extensively on the obligations of investment professionals and on fiduciary investment standards for trustees.

A director of Regional Facilities Auckland and of Pathfinder Advisors' Group, Mr Clews is chairman of the Auckland Communities Foundation and a trustee of the Sir George Elliot Charitable Trust. He is also an adjunct member of the faculty of commercial law at the University of Auckland.