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She was a founding director of public company St Lukes' Group (now Westfield) from 1993 to 1996, a Trustee of the [[Royal New Zealand Ballet]] from 1990 to 1994 and served on the Board of Trustees of [[Wellington College (New Zealand)|Wellington College]] from 1995 to 2001. Isaac has won numerous international communication awards, was a judge of: the ASFONZ Excellence in Annual Reporting competition in 1997 and 1998, the IABC International Gold Quill Awards, Asia Pacific Section in 1998, and the annual AXA Trustee of the Year Award in 1999 and 2000. |
She was a founding director of public company St Lukes' Group (now Westfield) from 1993 to 1996, a Trustee of the [[Royal New Zealand Ballet]] from 1990 to 1994 and served on the Board of Trustees of [[Wellington College (New Zealand)|Wellington College]] from 1995 to 2001. Isaac has won numerous international communication awards, was a judge of: the ASFONZ Excellence in Annual Reporting competition in 1997 and 1998, the IABC International Gold Quill Awards, Asia Pacific Section in 1998, and the annual AXA Trustee of the Year Award in 1999 and 2000. |
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==Presidency of ACT New Zealand, 2001–2006== |
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Isaac was elected President of [[ACT New Zealand]] in March 2001. Her bid |
Isaac was elected President of [[ACT New Zealand]] in March 2001. Her bid for the presidency was support by the founders of ACT, Sir [[Roger Douglas]] and [[Derek Quigley]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=176720 |title=Douglas' choice cruises in |first=John |last=Armstrong |date=12 March 2001 |work=The New Zealand Herald |accessdate=19 July 2010}}</ref> A key feature of her presidency was the [http://www.act.org.nz/liberal Liberal Project], which was designed to focus the party on its [[classical liberal]] roots. |
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| ⚫ | Isaac was one of a handful of people that [[Richard Prebble]] confided in prior to announcing to the ACT caucus on 27 April 2004 that he intended to retire as leader of the party.[http://www.act.org.nz/news-article.aspx/25571] Isaac oversaw the membership primary [http://www.act.org.nz/news-article.aspx/25619] that the party ran to assist in selecting a new leader. [[Rodney Hide]] was selected following the primary [http://www.act.org.nz/news-article.aspx/25767] and a caucus vote [http://www.act.org.nz/news-article.aspx/25764]. |
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===The Liberal Project=== |
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A key feature of the Isaac presidency was the ''Liberal Project'' [http://www.act.org.nz/liberal project] which was designed to focus the party on its [[classical liberal]] roots. |
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===Election of a new ACT leader=== |
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It was during Isaac's time as president that on 27 April 2004 [[Richard Prebble]] announced he would retire as the leader of ACT. Isaac was one of only a handful of people Richard confided in prior to announcing his intention to the ACT Caucus [http://www.act.org.nz/news-article.aspx/25571]. |
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| ⚫ | Isaac oversaw the membership primary [http://www.act.org.nz/news-article.aspx/25619] the party |
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===Retirement as ACT president=== |
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She stepped down from the Presidency at the 2006 ACT Annual Conference in March, and was replaced by Hamilton businessman [[Garry Mallett]]. |
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Catherine Isaac, formerly Catherine Judd[1] (born c.1950), is a past president of the New Zealand political party ACT, and managing director of Awaroa Partners. She was formerly director of JM Communications. She is married to Business Roundtable director Roger Kerr.
Early life
Isaac was raised in Christchurch and completed a BA in English and Languages at the University of Canterbury in 1970.
Career prior to presidency of ACT New Zealand
Isaac was communications and public affairs manager for the National Provident Fund through its extensive restructuring from 1988 to 1991. In the 18 month lead-up to the completion of the NPF tender process Isaac was also General Manager, Regional Operations, responsible for management of six regional offices and five branch offices.
She worked for four years as a communications consultant to the New Zealand Treasury, the GST Launch Team and various ministers of the crown.
Prior to that, Isaac worked for three years as a public relations and communications consultant for a Washington DC consultancy. She spent three years working as a current affairs journalist for Television New Zealand and four years in documentary film production with the New Zealand National Film Unit.
Isaac was a member of the Board of the Wellington Community Trust from 1999 to 2003.
She was a founding director of public company St Lukes' Group (now Westfield) from 1993 to 1996, a Trustee of the Royal New Zealand Ballet from 1990 to 1994 and served on the Board of Trustees of Wellington College from 1995 to 2001. Isaac has won numerous international communication awards, was a judge of: the ASFONZ Excellence in Annual Reporting competition in 1997 and 1998, the IABC International Gold Quill Awards, Asia Pacific Section in 1998, and the annual AXA Trustee of the Year Award in 1999 and 2000.
Presidency of ACT New Zealand, 2001–2006
Isaac was elected President of ACT New Zealand in March 2001. Her bid for the presidency was support by the founders of ACT, Sir Roger Douglas and Derek Quigley.[2] A key feature of her presidency was the Liberal Project, which was designed to focus the party on its classical liberal roots.
Isaac was one of a handful of people that Richard Prebble confided in prior to announcing to the ACT caucus on 27 April 2004 that he intended to retire as leader of the party.[1] Isaac oversaw the membership primary [2] that the party ran to assist in selecting a new leader. Rodney Hide was selected following the primary [3] and a caucus vote [4].
Isaac announced publicly in January 2006 that she would not be standing for re-election as party president.[5] She stepped down at the March 2006 annual conference and was replaced by Hamilton businessman Garry Mallett.
Since retiring as president of ACT
A number of New Zealand newspapers speculated that Isaac would run for the mayoralty of Wellington in 2007.
It has been announced that Isaac will stand for parliament in the 2011 election, being ranked second on ACT's party list.[3]
References
- ^ Coddington, Deborah (9 May 2010). "Minister's welfare group under cloud of question". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
- ^ Armstrong, John (12 March 2001). "Douglas' choice cruises in". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
- ^ "ACT Confirms List Positions". ACT New Zealand. 10 October 2011.