Mr Richard Woods
NEW ZEALAND CHAIR
Richard Woods was appointed New Zealand Chair of the New Zealand/France Friendship Fund on 1 February 2008. Mr Woods was a career diplomat who served as New Zealand's Ambassador to France from 1995 to 1999. He was CEO of the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service 1999-2006 and is now Chair of the New Zealand Environmental Risk Management Authority.
Other members of the New Zealand Board are Jenny Bornholdt and Richard Baker. Jenny Bornholt is a poet, writer and editor and 2002 recipient of the Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellowship which enabled her to live and work in Menton, France. Richard Baker is a farmer and former lawyer, banker and Director of Policy at the Institute of Directors. He is a graduate of L'Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires in France.
Other members of the New Zealand Board are Jenny Bornholdt and Richard Baker. Jenny Bornholt is a poet, writer and editor and 2002 recipient of the Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellowship which enabled her to live and work in Menton, France. Richard Baker is a farmer and former lawyer, banker and Director of Policy at the Institute of Directors. He is a graduate of L'Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires in France.
Mr Daniel Lequertier
FRENCH CHAIR
M. Daniel Lequertier, Ambassador of France, was appointed French Chairman of the Friendship Fund in 2009, in succession to Bernard Lapasset (chairman of the International Rugby Board ) and to Commander Jacques-Yves Cousteau.
Mme Marie-Jeanne Poux, an active member of the Association France-Nouvelle Zélande , is also a member of the French board. She was a Lecturer at Victoria University's French Department in Wellington before teaching English in France.
Mme Marie-Jeanne Poux, an active member of the Association France-Nouvelle Zélande , is also a member of the French board. She was a Lecturer at Victoria University's French Department in Wellington before teaching English in France.