Our Executive Team

With a background in law and commerce John has a career spanning the public, private and NGO sectors. He has worked both in NZ and abroad in a variety of industries. During the 1990s John spent 8 years in general management roles at the Canterbury DHB before moving to the West Coast DHB in 2001 where he was employed as CEO until 2004. More recently he has been working with a Christchurch based Maori Provider whilst that Trust was in a transitional phase. John is passionate about the pursuit of excellence in service delivery and best use of limited resources.

Paul has a range of experience in senior management, governance and corporate service functions including strategic, legal and financial areas.  He has previously held specialist audit management roles in Inland Revenue and the Department of Internal Affairs.

Prue joined Richmond in mid-2006 and is passionate about effective, organisation-appropriate HR management. She is responsible for the Human Resources function, which oversees and develops strategies and policies to ensure that Richmond people can effectively contribute to achieving the organisation’s goals. Prue has held a number of different roles in public, private and professional service environments which have shaped her career and her passion for people and business performance. She has over 15 years experience in senior HR roles with responsibilities ranging from strategic planning through to design and implementation of evidence-informed human resources systems.

Max has spent the past 13 years in various senior management roles within social services and the health sector, including community development, aged residential care, DHB Planning and Funding, community-based home support and nursing.

Originally trained as a nurse, Rose has had wide experience in the sector including in service provision, funding, policy, and machinery of Government processes, along with particular expertise and experience in quality improvement and system improvement initiatives. Prior to joining Richmond, Rose was Manager of the Provider Regulation Group in the Ministry of Health which had responsibility for certifying hospitals, rest homes and residential disability care facilities, as well as licensing suppliers of medicines and controlled drugs.

Having worked in the Health and Disability Sector for 20 years Martin joined Richmond in 2005 having relocated from his native Scotland. Martin has a background in Nursing however has spent most of his professional life developing, managing and directing support services in the not for profit sector. In the last ten years Martin has re-entered the academic field and concentrated on up-skilling in the areas of Human Resource Management and Business Administration.