Feeley new Serious Fraud Office boss

Adam Feeley. Photo / Brett Phibbs

Eden Park Redevelopment Board chief executive Adam Feeley is to replace Grant Liddell as chief executive and director of the Serious Fraud Office.

Announcing the appointment yesterday, Deputy State Services Commissioner John Ombler said Feeley, who is expected to take up the appointment in November, was a strong leader.

He has extensive regulatory and enforcement experience, including work in the corporate and securities sector as national manager of the Companies Office.

Before his Eden Park job, Feeley was Crown Minerals group manager at the Ministry of Economic Development, where he was responsible for promoting petroleum exploration in this country.

Feeley's other roles included Baycorp Holdings general manager, and Ministry of Commerce national manager business registries.

He practised as a solicitor in the Department of Trade and Industry in London, and in New Zealand at the Department of Justice and at Bell Gully. Feeley is a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand.

- NZPA