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. 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 GUNNS BOSS JOHN GAY LOS NCER BATTLE
"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.
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. 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.
JOHN GAY: OM GUNNS TO SPECIALTY TIMBER
A year later, Mr Gay persuad a urt to allow him to n a small fay bs, Specialty Veneers, that now owns two others — Corna Timbers and Somerset Timber Suppli.
They want sawlers and veneer makers, and as such, Mr Gay, to pledge not to accept timber om the rerv, which unr the policy clu regnal rerv, nservatn areas, forts protected unr the 2012 Tasmanian Fort Agreement and rmal rerv on fortry land. Mr Gay, 74, said he would give no such guarante.
“Loggg 300-year-old tre om Tasmania’s rart rerv is enough to get most – people upset and activated, but knowg a ntroversial and discreded figure like John Gay now owns the ls set to most benef om this plan tak to another level, ” said Wilrns Society mpaign director Vi Bayley. The home belongg to former Gunns boss John Gay at 7 Clarence St, East Lncton.
EX GUNNS BOSS JOHN GAY’S EAST LNCTON HOME FOR SALE AT $2.5M
FORMER Gunns Limed executive chairman John Gay has put his Lncton home on the market for $2. John Gay, the former head of the Tasmanian timber pany Gunns, his garn at Lncton late lat year. Mr Gay did not want to ment about the sale which is listed on.
The Gunns Limed 2008 annual report disclos that a divisn of Gunns Limed unrtook nstctn servic worth $758, 772 for Mr Gay 2008 and $75, 118 2009. Mr Gay, who is believed to have ser health problems, had Gunns shar, once worth more than $50 ln, when Gunns llapsed 2012. Mr Gay sold $3 ln worth of shar while havg knowledge of a Gunns management report.
Jtice David Porter said Mr Gay’s plea of guilty was entered on the basis that he was a person who posssed si rmatn which he ought reasonably have known satisfied the fn of si rmatn. Mr Gay was origally fed $50, 000.