Fred Cookson

Fred is a practising chartered accountant with 20 years’ public practice experience and is the senior partner in the firm Cookson Forbes & Associates in Opotiki. Fred works mainly throughout the Waiariki District alongside many iwi organisations that actively own and manage primary sector-based assets. He is married to Alison (25 years) and they have five children.

Fred is also a Trustee on the Bay of Plenty Community Trust.  He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and is a member of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants and NZ Institute of Directors.