dimanche 21 janvier 2007

Paul Rogers, in memoriam


Paul Rogers, managing director of Clairfield’s Australian partner, InterFinancial Limited, passed
away after a short illness on 14 August 2006 at the age of 53. Mr. Rogers was managing director of InterFinancial Limited since 1987, when he founded the company together with Ray Magill and David Moffat. Mr. Rogers was involved in numerous and substantial M & A transactions in Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom in a wide range of industries including manufacturing, health, agriculture, and tourism. He specialized in negotiating and structuring transactions and other complex arrangements on behalf of clients. Mr. Rogers was director of the Australian Venture Capital Association in 1998 and 1999, a director of Palmer Tube Mills Limited from 1987 to 1994, and an alternate director of GWA International Limited from 1994 to 2001. He held degrees in economics and law, and was also a fellow of the Australian
Society of CPAs and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Sharon Doyle, who worked closely with Mr. Rogers
as corporate director at InterFinancial, said in her
eulogy: More than anything else, our team admired Paul’s integrity. He lived his values always honest and fair, and this has set the standard for our people, our business and our dealings with clients. These were the characteristics most mentioned in our remembrances – and yours. That’s not to say that Paul didn’t get fired up and stubborn when he felt that the same levels of integrity were not being demonstrated by a peer, a client or an employee (or when the Sydney Swans lost). He had righteous indignation down to an art form. But ultimately if you did the right thing you always knew that Paul would be on your side of the table – the only place you would ever want him. Paul had a talent for and a commitment to identifying and hiring individuals that he believed had an amazing potential to add something new or better to the organisation. He then mentored us, giving each of us the confidence and support to grow into the person that until then had existed only in his expectations...

He was our mentor, our friend and we will miss him. Mr. Rogers is survived by his wife Bernadette, and children Veronica and Simon.