Paul Collins (businessman)

Sir Paul David Collins KNZM (born 27 February 1953)[1] is a New Zealand businessman and sports administrator.

Sir Paul Collins KNZM
Collins in 2015
Born	Paul David Collins (1953-02-27) 27 February 1953 Wellington, New Zealand
Occupation	Businessman

Collins was born in Wellington in 1953. He has family ties to Martinborough and has lived there since the early 2000s.[2] He was chief executive of Brierley Investments between 1985 and 1998, and was active the boards of several sporting bodies.[3] He served as a governor of the New Zealand Sports Foundation from 1986, and was chair of the organisation from 1992 to 1999.[3] He later chaired Sport New Zealand, formed by the merger of the Sports Foundation and the Hillary Commission.[3] Collins was an inaugural trustee of Wellington Regional Stadium Trust from 1994, and chaired the trust between 2000 and 2012.[3] He was also a member of the board of the Wellington Rugby Football Union and a director of the Hurricanes franchise.[3] Collins was a member of the committee that secured New Zealand's hosting of the 2011 Rugby World Cup.[3] Collins was a director of construction company Mainzeal when it went into receivership in February 2013.[4]

In the 2015 New Year Honours, Collins was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to sports governance.[5]

Collins was appointed to the Wairarapa District Health Board as chairman by the Minister of Health, Jonathan Coleman, in December 2016.[6] Three years later, he was reappointed by Health Minister David Clark.[7]