Sir Robert Anderson

Tracy Thomas Gough

DOB: 1866
DOD: 1942
Inducted: 2020
Industry: Commercial Enterprise

ir Robert Anderson was a notable businessman and philanthropist who founded the mercantile firm J.G. Ward with Sir Joseph Ward in 1898. J.G Ward continues to operate today as PGG Wrightson. For many years he served as a board member of the New Zealand Shipping Company, being appointed chairman in 1941. Sir Robert’s financial and industrial interests were manifold.

He held numerous directorships including the boards of the Bank of New Zealand and the New Zealand Insurance Company and was chairman of Nestlé and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company, New Zealand Milk Products and Stewart Island Oyster Canneries. Sir Robert and his family are remembered today through Invercargill’s Anderson Park.

Photo Credit - Invercargill Public Art Gallery