Ruth M. Richardson has served on our board of directors since September 2003. The Honourable Ruth Richardson has been an international strategic and economic policy consultant since 1994. From 1990 to 1993, Miss Richardson served as New Zealand's Minister of Finance. Miss Richardson was a member of the New Zealand Parliament from 1981 to 1994. She currently serves as a director of Wrightson Ltd., a New Zealand publicly listed company, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and several private companies. She has extensive, global experience in business and financial management, corporate governance, privatizations and public sector and social policy reforms. She has lectured widely and has advised governments and governmental agencies throughout the world. |