Focused on governance, good judgment, human rights, fairness and advocacy.
You'll often find me leading from the front and managing complex relationships with seasoned professionals.
I regularly get called on to review organisations. I am undertaking the independent review of the Banking Ombudsman Scheme. I chaired the recent independent review of Aoteoroa New Zealand's electoral laws.
I chair the board of Utilities Disputes Limited and the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand and am the independent chair of the Retirement Villages' Residents' Council. Adding my voice to help bring down grocery prices, I am on the board of the Grocery Action Group. I am the former chair the Consumer Advocacy Council which advocated for residential and small business electricity consumers.
The government appointed me as a New Zealand delegate to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.
Leaning on my legal, analytical and decision-making skills, I am a Panel Member of the Human Rights Review Tribunal and have served as a lay member of New Zealand's High Court. I was on the expert reference group on family justice reform and I advised Toka Tū Ake - EQC on establishing a new dispute resolution service.
I was the executive director of the Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand. As well, I was managing director of a photographic business and appointed to be on the Small Business Group to advise government on SME issues.
My keen knowledge of our system of government and ability to work with government, has enabled me to successfully promote many law changes in health, infrastructure and justice portfolios, over many years.
In late 2021 I was named one of New Zealand's 100 top diverse board-ready directors by the Ministry of Ethnic Affairs and the Super Diversity Institute for Law, Policy and Business.
To see the National Portrait article about me in the DomPost, click HERE
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