Introduction
I am a qualified and experienced Board Chair and Director who has worked in complex, multi-territorial environments. Amongst other positions, I have been Chair of the World Health Organisation’s Independent Expert Oversight Advisory Committee, Vice-Chair of the Board of Fairtrade International, and served on the ILO’s Independent Oversight Committee, and the Global Fund’s Audit and Ethics committee.
My wide range of executive positions include Director for Business Partnerships at UNDP, New York, CEO of the World Heart Federation, Adjunct Professor and Executive Director of the International MBA at the University of Geneva, and CEO of Africa’s largest chamber of commerce and industry. I was also New Zealand Honorary Consul in South Africa.
I have a doctorate in international relations from Oxford where I was President of the Oxford Union. I hold the Financial Times Non-Executive Director Post-Graduate Diploma, Certificate in International Enterprise Risk Management, and Certificate in Digital and Cybersecurity Management. I live in Aotearoa New Zealand, having previously lived in Switzerland, Germany, Nigeria, Samoa, Sri Lanka, South Africa, UK and US.
Expert
I am certified and experienced in international enterprise risk management, and in cybersecurity and digital risk management, having used this expertise in organisations such as the WHO, ILO, Global Fund on Aids, Malaria and TB, and the Commonwealth Sport Foundation,
Fields of expertise: Culture, e-Transformation / e-Governance, Health and wellbeing, Reduction of inequalities / equity / poverty eradication