Barbara joined the Genesis Board in May 2018 and is a member of the Company's Audit and Risk Committee. Barbara is Director of The New Zealand Initiative and a non-executive Director of New Zealand Media and Entertainment (NZME). She has a wealth of governance experience, and is a former member of the Board of Supervisors of Oxfam International. Barbara was also an inaugural Trustee of the New Zealand Equal Opportunities Trust and was its Chair for several years. Barbara brings extensive and diverse trans-Tasman executive experience to the Board having served as Chief Executive and Managing Director of ASB Bank for seven years and having held a number of senior executive roles responsible for marketing, communications, human resources, life insurance and retail banking in New Zealand and Australia. Barbara has an extensive list of professional achievements to her credit, including being named New Zealand Herald's 2017 Business Leader of the Year and was awarded New Zealand's inaugural Marketer of the Year in 1997. Barbara has also been named the inaugural INFINZ Diversity and Inclusion Leader.
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