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Mike Moore

Rt. Hon. Mike Moore

www.mike-moore.info

Positions Held

1999-2002 Director General of the World Trade Organisation
1993-1999 Opposition Spokesperson, Foreign Affairs
1990-1993 Leader, Parliamentary New Zealand Labour Party
1990 Prime Minister of New Zealand
1984-90 Minister of Overseas Trade and Marketing
1984-87 Minister of Tourism, Sport and Recreation
1984-90 Chair, Cabinet Committee, Economic Development and Employment
1988-90 Minister for the America's Cup
1988-90 Minister of External Relations and Trade
1988-90 Deputy Minister of Finance
1978-98 Member of Parliament, Waimakariri
1972-75 Member of Parliament, Eden

External Services and Appointments

  • Commissioner, UN Commission of Legal Empowerment of the Poor
  • Commissioner, Global Commission on International Migration
  • Founding member, Global Leadership Foundation
  • Former member, Board, SGS
  • Senior Counsellor, Fonterra
  • Member, Trilateral Commission
  • Member, Economic Development Board, South Australia
  • Special Advisor, China Institute for Reform and Developments World Trade Organisation Reference Centre
  • New Zealand Government Trade Envoy
  • Special Advisor to the United Nations Global Compact for Business and Development
  • Advisory Board Member to the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute
  • Member, Board of Governors for the Institute for International Business, Economics and Law, University of Adelaide
  • Honorary Professor, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai
  • Honorary Professor, Chinese University for Political Science and International Law, Beijing
  • Honorary President of Beijing Afforestation Foundation
  • Honorary Professor, Shanghai Customs College
  • Adjunct Professor, La Trobe University, Melbourne Australia and University of Adelaide, South Australia
  • Visiting Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Birmingham, 2003
  • Member, Advisory Board, I-Ca
  • Member, Competition Council, South Australia
  • Member, Advisory Board, Partners in Performance International, a global management company based in Australia
  • Chairperson, Advisory Board of Carnegie Mellon University, Adelaide
  • Examiner for Ph.D, thesis for several Universities
  • Regular columnist in the Australian Financial Review which is carried in seven other countries and frequent contributor to many other publications.
  • CEO, The Moore Group International Ltd.

Books Published

  • A World Without Walls (Cambridge University Press, 2003)
  • On Balance
  • Beyond Today
  • A Pacific Parliament
  • The Added Value Economy
  • Hard Labour
  • Fighting for New Zealand
  • Children of the Poor
  • A Brief History of the Future

Honours and Awards

  • The Order of New Zealand - New Zealand's highest honour
  • Commemoration Medal 1990
  • Honorary Doctorate of Commerce - Lincoln University, New Zealand
  • Honorary Doctorate in Economics - the Peoples University of China
  • Honorary Doctorate in Commerce - Auckland University of Technology
  • Honorary Doctorate, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
  • Commander of the Order of the Equatorial Star - Government of Gabon
  • Chancellor's Medal (Medalla Rectoral) - University of Chile
  • National Order of Cote d'Ivoire
  • Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya
  • Business Week Award, Erasmus University, Rotterdam
  • Order of Duke Branimir with Ribbon - Republic of Croatia
  • National Honour of Georgia - Government of Georgia
  • The Medal of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay - Uruguay's highest honour
  • Pope John Paul II Annual Medal - The Holy See
  • Honorary Doctorate in Law, La Trobe University, Australia
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