McInerney, Frederick Kenneth (Pat) Biography 1991

McINERNEY, Frederick Kenneth [Pat]
OBE [Officer of the Order of the British Empire] 1989
Retired Director-General, New Zealand Post Office and Chief Executive, Telecom Corporation of New Zealand
Born Whangarei, 17 March 1933, son of Frank McInerney and Rita (née Robinson)
Education: Kamo Primary School; St Joseph’s School, Whangarei; Whangarei Boys’ High School
Territorials: 1^st Division Signals Regiment, 1952-64 (WO II)
Joined NZ Post Office, Kamo, 1948, transferred to Head Office, Wellington, 1960 (involvement in telecommunications, including responsibility for operational, commercial planning for automatic telex Service, preparation of first National Civil Defence Communications Plan); Head, International Postal Division, 1972-76, Director, Postal Services, 1977-78, Deputy Director-General, 1979-81, Director-General, 1981-87 (involved 1984-87 in restructuring NZ Post Office into three separate State-owned Enterprises, co-opted to transitional Board of each), Chief Executive, Telecom Corporation, 1987-88; NZ Representative, numerous Universal Postal Union conference, participated in work of specialist committees of union; also NZ Representative at Commonwealth, Regional postal conferences, 1972-82; Member: Electoral Reform Committee 1981-83, Parliamentary Representation Committee, 1982-83, National Civil Defence Committee, Communications Advisory Council, Board of Trustees, David Beattie Chair of Communications; Director: International Marketing Institute, 1986-88, BankCard Associates of NZ Ltd; Chairman, Telecommunications Systems Support Centre Ltd; Deputy Chairman, Dannevirke Electric Power Board, 1990-, Chairman,  Makotuku Progressive Association
Sports: rugby football administration; initiated, led campaign involving all major sporting codes for licensed sports club premises; presented NZ Rugby Football Union submissions to 1973 Royal Commission on Liquor Licensing
Address: Makotuku, RD 7, Dannevirke