Z Energy names Contact Energy's Chris Day as CFO

New Zealand’s Z Energy, the petrol station chain planning an initial public offering (IPO), named Contact Energy financial controller Chris Day as its new chief financial officer. He will be accountable for Z Energy’s finance, treasury, risk, and information technology functions, the company said.
Day will join Z Energy on August 5, replacing Mark Edghill, who will leave the company in July.
Z Energy’s owners, Infratil and the New Zealand Superannuation Fund, named First NZ Capital and Goldman Sachs as arrangers for the planned IPO, and Craigs Investment Partners/Deutsche Bank and Forsyth Barr as joint lead managers for the sale of between 40% and 60% of the shares. Infratil has not yet indicated the sale will go ahead.
(May 27, 2013)