Imperial Pacific (IPC) 2019年年度报告「ASX」.pdf

1、 Imperial Pacific Limited ABN 65 000 144 561 Annual Report2019Incorporated in 1937 -100%owned Incorporated in 1986 -31%owned VALE V John Plummer 1928-2019 It is with sadness that we report the passing of great friend and supporter V.John Plummer a month ago in Sydney.Johns support and quiet encourag

2、ement of our endeavours with London City Equities Limited and Imperial Pacific Limited never waned from the early 80s when we started to build up the dormant Belmont Stoneware Pipe Holdings Limited listed on the Sydney Stock Exchange.The following is what I recall fondly of John,or“VJP”.I first met

3、John as a fellow Chartered Accountant in the newly established Members in Commerce Discussion Group.It had been created by John and others in the late 70s to cater those members who had left pure audit,accounting and tax to take on business management.A great move.It is still refreshing to see aroun

4、d the monthly table members covering roles in company secretarial,business management,finance directors,investment management(such as Robert Maple-Brown)and chief executives such as John Plummer in the employment industry.The Discussion Group adopted the system of rotating Chairs and the Chair of th

5、e day to arrange a speaker.In Johns case this quiet man would be his own speaker and stun everyone that he,indeed,is a major player in the employment sector.I still recall gems like“The best man for the job is a woman,“Managing is the art of getting things done through people”,“Try to handle each pi

6、ece of paper once only”and“It is often not what you buy(ie shares),but when you buy and sell that counts”.John was born in Armidale and raised in the country.After attending Maitland Boys High he graduated with Economics from Sydney Uni and then Chartered Accounting.His love of athletics the mile in