John Gay, the man who was at the foreont of Gunns' ntroversial plans to build a pulp l Tasmania's Tamar Valley, has died.
Contents:
- JOHN GAY, BOSS OF TASMANIA'S FORMER TIMBER GIANT GUNNS, DI AGED 75
- FORMER GUNNS BOSS JOHN GAY LOS NCER BATTLE
- THE DOWNFALL OF TASMANIAN TIMBER PANY GUNNS AND FORMER CHIEF JOHN GAY
- JOHN GAY: OM GUNNS TO SPECIALTY TIMBER
- EX GUNNS BOSS JOHN GAY’S EAST LNCTON HOME FOR SALE AT $2.5M
JOHN GAY, BOSS OF TASMANIA'S FORMER TIMBER GIANT GUNNS, DI AGED 75
John Gay, the long-time former managg director of timber pany Gunns, has died aged pots:The former managg director of timber giant Gunns, John Gay, was at the foreont of the pany's ntroversial plans to build a pulp l Tasmania's Tamar ValleyMr Gay doubled the size of the pany and ma one of the largt hardwood sawlers the Southern was nvicted of sir tradg 2013 and fed $50, 000Mr Gay was at the foreont of Gunns' ntroversial plans to build a pulp l Tasmania's Tamar Valley and he attracted cricism along the was born to a third-generatn sawlg fay Delorae attendg boardg school Hobart he went to work at his father's sawl at the age of was operatg his own ls at Oatlands and Bridgewater by the age of Gay joed Gunns 1974 to manage s Waverley and Summerhill plants.
FORMER GUNNS BOSS JOHN GAY LOS NCER BATTLE
A later he was Managg Director of the publicly listed 1989 he steered Gunns through sndal when s chairman Edmund Roe tried to bribe Labor polician Jim Cox to cross the floor of rulted a royal the directn of Mr Gay, Gunns explod onto world markets 2000, wh takeovers of the state's biggt woodchip pany, North Fort Products and Boral's fortry doubled the size of the pany and ma one of the largt hardwood sawlers the Southern Hemisphere. "Former Tasmanian premier Pl Lennon said Mr Gay was "a signifint player the Atralian fort dtry".
It attracted strong environmental Gay sued 20 environmental activists for lns of dollars se was later whdrew the project om Tasmania's pennt asssment procs 2010 wh his pulp l dream still to get off the ground Mr Gay succumbed to prsure om vtors and stepped asi as managg director and retired om Gunns soon Gay plead not guilty to two sir tradg charg after ASIC alleged Gay sold Gunns shar December 2009 a few months before the shock announcement of a 98 per cent half-year prof was nvicted of sir tradg 2013 and was fed $50, also faced a shareholr class went to voluntary admistratn 2012, owg vtors $780 April 2014 Mr Gay succsfully applied to n two fay pani — Specialty Veneers and JEG ManagementMr Gay is survived by his wife Eri and two 11 Apr 2019Thu 11 Apr 2019 at 10:01am, updated 12 Apr 2019Fri 12 Apr 2019 at 2:39am. John Gay is beg remembered as an outstandg Tasmanian. The former Gunns chief executive died on Thursday, aged 75, after a long battle wh a farmer om Wtbury, Mr Gay went on to n one of Atralia's largt rporatns, until s ntroversial end 2013.
THE DOWNFALL OF TASMANIAN TIMBER PANY GUNNS AND FORMER CHIEF JOHN GAY
"Mr Gay joed Gunns 1975, managg s Waverley and Summerhill ls.
JOHN GAY: OM GUNNS TO SPECIALTY TIMBER
It me after years of ntroversy surroundg plans announced 2004 for a Tamar Valley pulp long after his rignatn, Mr Gay was charged wh sir tradg. Friend Tom O'Meara said for all of Mr Gay's succs and tough tim, he always prrised his fay. CONVICTED: Former Gunns boss John Gay was nvicted of sir tradg for sellg $3.
EX GUNNS BOSS JOHN GAY’S EAST LNCTON HOME FOR SALE AT $2.5M
John Gay has emerged om the ignomy of sir tradg to aga bee a player Tasmania’s fort dtry and a new stoh over loggg.