Phillip Melchior of Wanaka, has been appointed to the Board of Antarctica New Zealand. A keen tramper and guided mountaineer, Mr Melchior has served as a director on the board of TVNZ and is chairman of LandSAR NZ New Zealand, the volunteer search and rescue organisation. A former journalist with the New Zealand Press Association, Television New Zealand and Reuters, Mr Melchior occupied senior management positions with Reuters in Asia before moving to London as global managing director for Reuters Media. He retired in 2002.
