16 January 2024
Our Ref: C56185
By
[FYI request #25379 email]
Tēnā koe John
Official Information Act: Request for information regarding the members of the
Complaints Assessment Committee (CAC) at the Real Estate Authority
I refer to your request made via email dated 2 January 2024 in which you request the
following:
"May I kindly seek an update version of your current CAC members and their
positions.
Are you intend to run any recruitment drive to get more CAC members on board? If
so, when you are intend to do that."
Information being released
We include below the names of people appointed to the CAC Panel as at 12 January 2024:
Name
Position
Amanda Elliot
Panel Member
Bill Acton
Panel Member
Julian Twiss
Member
Belinda Moss
Deputy Chair
Denise Evans
Chair
Paul Biddington
Chair
Susanne Guhl
Panel Member
Nigel Fletcher
Chair
Fale Lesa
Member
Natalie Small
Deputy Chair
Judith Varcoe
Chair
Echo Haronga
Deputy Chair
Arti Chand
Chair
Andrew Dickson
Deputy Chair
Maree Gendall
Member
Maree Newman
Member
Alice McCarthy
Deputy Chair
Pengbo Jiang
Member
Katherine Cooper
Panel Member
REA is not currently recruiting for new CAC members. The need to recruit will be considered
on a rolling basis as members either resign or reach the end of their terms.
Next steps
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz
or freephone 0800 802 602.
If you wish to discuss this response with us, please contact me by email at
[REA request email].
Nāku iti noa, nā
Herman Visagie
General Counsel
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