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International Patron
Rt. Hon. Mike Moore
www.mike-moore.infoPositions 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





