Mrs Diane Foreman, CNZM, Auckland
For services to business. Mrs Diane Foreman is Chief Executive Officer of the Emerald Group, an investment company with interests in health care, manufacturing, property development and tourism. Emerald Foods, which is part of the group, won the New Zealand Trade and Enterprise International Business Award in 2010 for companies with a turnover of between $10 million and $50 million. Emerald Holdings directly, or through shareholdings, employs over 4,000 people and has interests in 29 countries. A former Chief Executive Officer of Trigon Holdings, she negotiated its $130 million sale to United States interests. She was Vice Chair of the Business Roundtable. Mrs Foreman was a founding member of the Robin Hood Foundation, which matches corporations with charities needing business advice and mentoring. Mrs Foreman was named ‘Entrepreneur Of The Year’ in 2009 and represented New Zealand at the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards in Monte Carlo in 2010. She was invited back to Monte Carlo in 2011 as the first Australasian woman to sit on the judging panel for the same award.