Colin Beyer

Colin Andrew Nielsen Beyer, LL.B. (born 1938), is a prominent lawyer who was a partner and then consultant with Simpson Grierson in Wellington, New Zealand. He is a prominent businessman with many governance positions. He was a Securities Commissioner on the Securities Commission of New Zealand from 2001 until 2010. He is the stepfather of former Member of Parliament Georgina Beyer. Colin Beyer was born in New Zealand in 1938 to Danish parents, Kanute and Karla Beyer. His father worked on the wharves in Wellington and his mother worked for the Education Department. Together with his younger brother Trevor and his sister Olga, they lived in Island Bay. Both brothers attended Wellington College. Beyer was educated at Victoria University...