Rod Duke

Retailing

Rod Duke has been at the forefront of retail innovation in New Zealand as the Managing Director & Deputy Chairman of Briscoe Group since purchasing 100% ownership of the company in 1990. Today, Rod still owns 80% of the Group which encompasses 90 stores and directly employs around 2380 people across its two brands, Briscoes Homewares, and the Rebel Sport Chain, which he established in 1996. Duke is a longstanding supporter of child cancer research and support programmes with a focus on enhancing young people’s wellbeing.