Kina Securities Limited announced that Syd Yates of the Kina group of companies retired as Managing Director on January 2, 2018. This is in line with the earlier announcement, where Kina announced the planned retirement of Mr. Yates and the transition of the CEO role to incoming CEO, Greg Pawson, former Regional Head of Westpac South Asia and Pacific. Prior to Mr. Pawson's appointment, Mr. Yates held both the CEO and MD roles.