Kevin Eley Chairman Hunter Hall - Interviewed by Alan Kohler - The Constant Investor

Published: January 24, 2017
When Hunter Hall Chairman Kevin Eley set out on a Christmas Eve bike ride, he had no idea that it would be his least relaxing ride of the year. That was when he received the call from Peter Hall to say he was resigning as CIO. Shortly after, Peter resigned as CEO and announced that he’d be selling his 45% share of the company at a third of its price.
Five weeks later Kevin Eley remains committed to his job and to Hunter Hall continuing as a value, ethical investor. In his first in-depth interview, he tells me about that five week journey and what he sees in the near term future for the company in this exclusive interview.
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Transcript:
Alan Kohler: On Christmas Eve last year Peter Hall, founder, CEO, and Chief Investment Officer of Hunter Hall International dropped a bombshell. He resigned and then a few weeks later, an even bigger one, he’s selling out at a dollar a share. The man at the eye of what's turned out to be an astonishing hurricane is the chairman Kevin Eley who has agreed to give his first in depth interview to The Constant Investor
Eley: . . .I was given a job to do and I’m going to continue on doing that job, it’s unprecedented in Australian history but it’s unfortunately what we got given and we’ve got to sort that out.
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