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Alastair Hercus

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NZX Career Earnings

$162,923

3 years of data

Current Agency

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

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Professional Background

Updated 2 Apr 2026

Corporate law partner and diplomat with extensive co-operative sector experience, appointed FSF Board in November 2022, currently chairs Co-operative Life Limited.

Alastair Hercus was appointed to the FSF Board in November 2022. After 29 years Alastair retired as a Partner at Buddle Findlay, a leading corporate law firm and is now a Consultant to the firm. This followed an earlier career as a diplomat in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He has significant professional experience working with co-operatives and primary sector businesses, and in corporate governance and economic regulation. He is an experienced director, particularly in the co-operative and mutual sector. He is a former Deputy Chair of the Medical Assurance Society and is currently Chair of Co operative Life Limited. In the public sector he is a Commissioner at the Natural Hazards Commission Toka Tū Ake, a Director of Invercargill Airport Limited and Chair of the Risk & Advisory Committee at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.