1 May 2006
Dalziel announces four re-appointments to the Standards Council
Commerce Minister Lianne Dalziel today announced the re-appointment of John Albertson, Richard Gibbons, Ellen Ramsay and
Carol Stigley to the Standards Council.
"I am pleased to re-appoint John, Richard, Ellen and Carol because they have my full confidence and they also have the
support of several industry bodies which re-nominated them to their positions," Lianne Dalziel said.
The Standards Council’s primary functions are to develop standards, and to promote, encourage and facilitate the use of
standards, which benefit all New Zealanders by improving safety, quality, prosperity and convenience.
John Albertson is the Council’s Deputy Chairman and has experience in the retail sector. Richard Gibbons has experience
in the energy sector. Ellen Ramsay represents women’s interests on the Council and has extensive experience in the
health, local government and community sectors. Carol Stigley is a professional company director and is the Chair of the
Council’s Risk and Audit Committee.
John Edwin Albertson
John Albertson has been Chief Executive of the New Zealand Retailers’ Association since 1997. He was previously Chief
Executive of MRL Research Group, and Group Marketing Director for the footwear company, Hannah & Co Ltd.
He is involved in standards-setting not only through his work on the Standards Council, but through his directorship
positions in the Retail Industry Training Organisation, New Zealand Food Safety Advisory Board, and GS1 New Zealand, a
global organisation providing supply chain standards and technologies, the most famous of which is the bar coding
system.
George Richard Gibbons
Richard Gibbons is an internationally registered professional engineer. His operational and management experience spans
over 30 years, primarily in the electricity sector but also in the construction, gas, water and wastewater industries.
He has been a director of Transfield Utility Services and the Electrical Supply Industry Training Organisation and is a
past president of the Electricity Engineers’ Association of New Zealand.
He has worked with standards and assisted with their development not only through the Council but also as a member of
the Institute of Professional Engineers of New Zealand professional practice board.
Ellen Ann Ramsay
Ellen Ramsay originally trained as a registered nurse and has gone on to work extensively in the health, local
government and community sectors in the South Island, in both paid and unpaid work.
She is a company director with PM Heffernan Ltd, City Rise Ltd and Access Homehealth Ltd. She is also a trustee of Otago
Life Education Trust, New Zealand Rural Communities Trust, and New Zealand Landcare Trust. She has been a member of
Rural Women New Zealand since 1978 and became its National President in 2001. In 2005, she was awarded the Queen’s
Service Medal in recognition of her services to the community.
Carol Beatrice Stigley
Carol Stigley’s career encompasses not only local government but includes central government and the private sector. She
served for seven years as Chief Executive of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, working with consumer and business
organisations on policy, standards, complaints schemes and trade measurement.
She held the position of Chief Executive, Local Government New Zealand, from 1995 to 2000. She is currently a director
on various boards, Deputy Chair of the Wellington Branch of the Institute of Directors, and a trustee on the Wellington
2020 Communications Trust.
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