Stephen Collins

Born in 1946 and educated in Christchurch, Stephen entered the real estate business in 1968. He created Collins Real Estate in 1972, which he grew to be the biggest in its market before amalgamating with Harcourts in 1985.  Stephen developed the technology, systems, training and education programs that grew Harcourts http://www.harcourts.co.nz/  from 14 offices to its present position as a market leader in both New Zealand and Australia and now with offices in both Fiji and Indonesia. Harcourts now has more than 300 offices conducting over 13 billion dollars in real estate sales every year. Now retired from daily involvement, Stephen now operates as the Group's Chairman.

Stephen is the Immediate Past President of the Canterbury Employers Chamber of Commerce and is President of the Business New Zealand Executive Board and its National Committee. He is Chairman of Lane Neave Solicitors   http://www.laneneave.co.nz,  Syft Technologies Ltd  www.syft.com , Vice Chairman of the Christchurch Heritage Trust, and a board member of Nano Cluster Devices Limited http://www.nanoclusterdevices.com.

He is currently President of Business New Zealand.