Nuffield Scholar, Kellogg Scholar, New Zealand Representative at GATT Uruguay Round talks 1986 – 1993, Represented New Zealand at trade talks in USA, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, China.

Member of the New Zealand Parliament 1996 – 2002.

National President of Federated Farmers of NZ 1990 – 1993

Co-founder and Director of Queen Elizabeth ll National Trust – an organisation voluntarily covenanting private land of high ecological value.

National Chairman of the Agricultural Training Council 1980’s

Agricultural Communicator of the Year 1993

Launched Methane Science Accord and current Director

Charitable Work:  Dorwen Family Trust, Global Bridges Trust.

Farming Career: Dairy and beef farming, 300 dairy cows and 400 bull beef at Karamea, West Coast and later 700 X 3 herds dairy cows at Inniskillen, Culverdon, Canterbury.   Introduced new farming techniques including block grazing of dairy stock, overhead irrigation, intensive dairy bull beef raising, new fertilizer mixes, cost reduction methods.

Director:  Ideal Energy Ltd, Manuka Performance Ltd, Healthy Foods (NZ) Ltd, The Sunrise Group of companies based in Malaysia.