The verbal attack on My Food Bag ambassador Nadia Lim by a chemicals company chief executive is insulting to most retail and institutional investors as well as to Lim, says the New Zealand Shareholders' Association.
DGL Group chief executive Simon Henry, when comparing last year's public float of his chemical logistics company with that of My Food Bag, was quoted as saying: "I can tell you, and you can quote me, when you've got Nadia Lim, when you've got a little bit of Eurasian fluff in the middle of your prospectus with a blouse unbuttoned showing some cleavage, and that's what it takes to sell your scrip, then you know you're in trouble."
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Henry's comments have caused outrage and disgusted many in the business community. KiwiSaver provider Kiwi Wealth quickly moved to add DGL to its investment exclusions list following the reported comments.
Shareholders' Association chief executive Oliver Mander said the comments flew in the face of the association's own policy statements related to board composition, and were insulting to investors as well as to Lim.