Justin has been with the CRF since its beginning way back in 2003 when the first CRF meeting was held in Auckland. At that time the CRF had only 13 members. Over the past 7 years, under Justin’s guidance and thanks to his hard work, the CRF has grown to its current strength of 41 members. Everyone who has come into contact with Justin cannot help but be moved by zeal, enthusiasm, passion and a sense of devotion to what the CRF stands for. For many of us, Justin has been the point of contact for all CRF matters.

His leaving is a big loss for the CRF. All of us in the CRF family are happy that Justin is moving on to a new job and we wish him every success in all his future endeavours. The CRF would not be the same without him and we will all miss him. Justin assures us that he has not left the Registry business and he will always be a “registry geek”. We look forward to seeing him at future CRF conferences and especially during CRF 2013 which will be held in New Zealand.

Mr Michael Brosnahan will be coming on board as the new CRF Secretary with effect from 2 Sep 2011. Most of you know Michael and would have met him during the CRF Conferences or when you visited the New Zealand Companies Office. We bid Michael a warm welcome to the CRF Executive Committee and we look forward to working with him. Please join me in wishing Justin a fond farewell and in bidding Michael a warm welcome to the CRF family.

Ms Juthika Ramanathan

Immediate Past President CRF