Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited announced that Board Chairman Tony Carter has announced his intention to retire with effect from the close of the company's annual shareholders' meeting in August next year. Current director Scott St John has been elected by the Board to succeed Mr. Carter as chairman. Scott St John joined the board of Fisher & Paykel Healthcare in 2015 as an independent director. He is currently Chancellor of the University of Auckland and a director of Mercury Limited, the NEXT Foundation and Fonterra Cooperative Group Limited. He also held the role of Chief Executive Officer of First NZ Capital, now known as Jarden, from 2002 to March 2017. The company is undertaking a search for another independent director to replace Mr. Carter and will update the market in due course.