Richard Ballantyne

Richard Ballantyne is a Director and Managing Director of J Ballantyne & Co Ltd.  Ballantyne's has branches at Christchurch International & Domestic Airport and Timaru and employs 500 staff.

Educated in Canterbury, Richard gained a B.A. (History), B.Com (Accounting and Economics) at Canterbury University and is also a Chartered Accountant. 

Richard has served on the Board of the Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce for three years. He is a Fellow of the Retailers Association, Institute of Management and Institute of Directors.  Richard is past President of the New Zealand Retailers Association, Canterbury Promotion Council (now Canterbury Marketing) and Canterbury Division of NZIM. 

Richard's specific business interests involve:

• The welfare of the central city as the cultural, social and commercial heart of the region for the benefit of both local and visiting people.
• The successful co-existence of the country's commercial, agricultural and economic interests with the environment (still one of the best in the world and requires careful management) and our dependence on the management of both in the long term.

He is married with three grown up children and in his spare time enjoys gardening, fly fishing, golf and history.