Trustees
The SKYCITY Queenstown Casino Community Trust Trustees are prominent local community members with backgrounds in community involvement and local business.
Clark Pirie - Chairperson
Clark Pirie is a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand, appointed in 1994, and a partner with Macalister Todd Phillips (Queenstown) since 2005. Mr Pirie has a general practise focusing on commercial and property law. Mr Pirie has previously worked for Aspinall Joel Radford Bowler in Dunedin and Reuters Financial Group in London.
He is a board member of the Queenstown Chamber of Commerce.
Kerry Harper - Trustee
Kerry Harper is an Investment Advisor fpr Forsyth Barr in Queenstown and has had extensive experience within the finance sector for the last 20 years.
Kerry has also played an active part in the community having been involved in Rotary for 12 years, and a volunteer at regional and national ski racing events since 1992. Most recently, Kerry has volunteered for the 50K of Coronet and the NZ Winter Games in 2009.
Vicki Buckham - Trustee
Vicki Buckham is an active member of the community and is involved with many diverse community groups including St Joseph’s Church, Historic Places Trust Queenstown-Lakes District Branch, Arrowtown Women’s Golf Club, Frankton Playcentre and the Lakes District Safer Community Trusts.
For the past 11-years, Vicki has been a Justice of Peace and was the Secretary Treasurer for the Justice of the Peace Central Otago Assn from 2004 until 2006.
Being a Trustee is exciting for Vicki as it provides an additional way of continuing to make a difference in the Queenstown-Lakes District community by supporting local groups in their endeavours.
Kim Wilkinson - Trustee
Kim Wilkinson is a well known pharmacist in Queenstown having been owner/manager of Wilkinsons Pharmacy since 1984. Mr Wilkinson has been involved over the past 25 years with various fundraising ventures, community groups and sporting clubs in the Queenstown area.
Kim is a board member of Queenstown Chamber of Commerce, a trustee of Queenstown Life Trust (X-It Youth Centre) an elder of Wakatipu Community Church and is a past chairperson of the Queenstown Primary School of Trustees.