A chartered accountant, fellow member of AMINZ and accredited company director, Tony recently retired as an expert witness and practising arbitrator in financial matters. He had a long involvement in financial dispute resolution until taking up the chairmanship of Auckland International Airport.

A former partner in Deloitte, in 1991 he established the specialist forensic practice that became Frankham Lyne Limited.

He has been a member of the Securities Commission and the Takeovers Panel and is a past president of NZICA and past vice President of AMINZ. He was until recently a member of the AMINZ arbitration panel.

In addition to his Airport role, Tony chairs New Zealand Experience (the owner and operator of Rainbow's End), is a director of ProCare Health Limited and is the independent chaiman of the disciplinary tribunal of the Institute of Financial Advisers.