Our people

Don Brash (MA, PhD)

Executive Chairman / Chief Investment Officer

Don is a former Governor of the Reserve Bank, a position he held for over 14 years. Currently, Don is a director of ANZ National Bank and Transpower New Zealand Limited. He is also Chairman of the government advisory 2025 Taskforce. During his career he has been a director of several companies, listed and unlisted. In the 1980's, he led the New Zealand Kiwifruit Authority and Trust Bank Group and was the Chief Executive of Broadbank, a merchant bank, in 1971. He served as an economist for the World Bank in Washington and was the Parliamentary leader of the National Party from October 2003 to November 2006. As well as his financial and economic wisdom, Don brings a reputation for financial probity, prudence and commitment to Huljich Wealth Management.

John has been a Member of Parliament for 18 years, a Minister of the Crown for two terms and is currently the Mayor of Auckland (his second term). His business career spans over 40 years and includes successful ventures in commercial and residential property development, the education industry and the hospitality industry. He is currently a chairman of a number of Australasian companies. In 1999, John was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for Public Services. John brings invaluable public and private sector experience, and sound business judgment to Huljich Wealth Management.

Henry has over ten years experience in the capital markets, beginning as an equity analyst for a leading New Zealand stock broking firm before moving to London in 1999. In London he worked as an analyst for global investment bank Credit Suisse before joining the funds management team of Abbey National's industry-leading Asset Backed Securities programmes, managing more than US$10 billion. Since returning to New Zealand in 2003, Henry has been working with Peter Huljich to develop the Huljich Group investment portfolio in the Australasian equity markets. Henry brings extensive knowledge of the UK and Australasian capital markets and possesses excellent technical knowledge in portfolio construction and risk management.

Vedran is the Senior Relationship Manager at Huljich Wealth Management, overseeing all client procedures and managing the internal accredited distributor networks within Huljich. He has experience in Corporate Management with the Intercontinental Hotels Group and Business Development and Growth with Vodafone, where Vedran developed the training programme and trained and managed all of Vodafone's internal business consultants. Prior to this Vedran was consistently one of Vodafone's top performing sales representatives nationwide. With the Huljich KiwiSaver Scheme, Vedran manages client relations and procedures while coordinating Huljich staff and accredited distributors to ensure the highest level of service for our clients and their KiwiSaver needs.