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Education Minister Trevor Mallard has appointed
four new members to the board of the New Zealand Qualifications
Authority.
The new members are: Tracey Bridges, a partner
in public relations firm Senate Communications; Peter Chrisp, chief
executive of Norske-Skog Tasman Ltd; Angela Foulkes, former secretary
of the Council of Trade Unions and now an independent consultant;
and Graeme McNally, dean of the Faculty of Commerce, University
of Canterbury and a partner at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.
All new members have been appointed for a four-year
term.
"I am delighted with the make up of the
new Board and have every confidence that it will successfully
guide
the Qualifications Authority through a process of strengthening
its operating systems and its capacity," Trevor Mallard said.
"This is a dynamic group of people who bring
a passion for education as well as enormous experience at a governance
and strategic level.
"Many of the members have been intensively
involved in workplace literacy and industry training programmes
and they are committed to making New Zealand a place of life-long
learning," Trevor Mallard said.
Dr Graeme Fraser was announced as Board chair
earlier this year.
Tina Olsen-Ratana, manager of Kokiri Marae Keriana
Olsen Trust, a private training establishment based in the Hutt
Valley, has been re-appointed to the Board for a further four-year
term.
Sitting members of the Board are: Margaret Bendall,
principal of Epsom Girls Grammar School; Catherine Gibson, management
consultant; Judith Carter, director, teacher education, Massey
University College of Education; and Trevor Moeke, former chief
executive Te
Mangai Paho, Māori broadcasting funding agency.
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