Focused on governance, good judgment, human rights, fairness and advocacy.
You'll often find me leading from the front and managing complex tasks with seasoned professionals.
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 was on the inaugural board of the Grocery Action Group. I am the former chair of 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. I was on the expert reference group on family justice reform and the government's small business advisory group.
Leaning on my legal and analytical 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 regularly get called on to review organisations. I undertook the last two independent review of the Banking Ombudsman Scheme and I chaired the recent independent review of Aoteoroa New Zealand's electoral laws.
As the former executive director of the Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand, I have a deep knowledge of dispute resolution processes and complaints schemes. I regularly get called on to advise on both. For example I advised Toka Tū Ake - EQC on establishing a new dispute resolution service.
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.
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.
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In my spare time I'm hanging out with family and friends and love the arts.
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