Mr Richard Woods NEW ZEALAND CHAIRPERSON 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 1995-1999. He then held the position of CEO of the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service for seven years. Other members of the New Zealand Board are Richard Baker, a former lawyer, banker and company director, who is currently a Policy Director at the Institute of Directors in New Zealand (Inc); and Jenny Bornholdt, a poet, writer and editor, and recipient of the Katherine Mansfield fellowship at Menton in 2002.				Mr Bernard Lapasset FRENCH CHAIRPERSON Bernard Lapasset was appointed French Chair of the New Zealand/France Friendship Fund in 1993, in succession to Commander Jacques Ives Cousteau. Bernard Lapasset is the Chairman of the International Rugby Board (IRB) and Vice-President of the French Olympic committee. Other members of the French Board are Madame Marie-Jeanne Poux and Mr Jean-Louis Barthes. The representative from New Caledonia is Mr. Cameron Diver, Head of Office of Regional Cooperation and External Relations.