Ruth Richardson New Zealand Ltd. was established when Ruth Richardson, New Zealand's Minister of Finance from 1990 to 1993, resigned from the political arena in 1994.

  Ruth Richardson is the principal of the company, and her husband Andrew Wright is the General Manager. The company offers both international consultancy and corporate governance services.

  For more information on her consultancy services and spread of governance responsibilities, as well as contact information, please feel free to navigate through this site.

 RECENT PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS

• Ruth Richardson's Personal Curriculum Vitae
• Policy Determines Performance - An analysis of the major public policy drivers of economic and social performance.
• Public Sector Performance Management - An analysis of the management reforms in the public sector pioneered by New Zealand and the implications for political accountability.
• "Making a Difference" - Ruth's insider account of the politics of reform was published in 1995 by Shoal Bay Press, Christchurch.
• Real Reform in the Public Sector - The Swinton Lecture, Conservative Party (U.K.) Annual Conference, Bournemouth, October 2002.
• "A Better Way" - Conference speech launching reforms report "A Better Way" which advocates fundamental reform in health, education, and crime and policing services.
• Massey University Business School Graduation Address - a personal and business philosophy.
• The Fortunes and Fates of Reformers - A speech given on "The Bolger Years" to the Stout Research Centre's Seventh Parliamentary Conference.
• Ruth amid the Alien Corn - A critique of Ruth's public policy influence presented by political analyst Colin James to the Stout Research Centre's Seventh Parliamentary Conference.