Judges: Diversity and Inclusion Leadership

Jo Cribb

Jo Cribb is an experienced gender and leadership consultant, facilitating sessions with leadership teams, coaching emerging leaders, and leads policy, strategy and gender projects. She worked with the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London and New Zealand Defence. She was chief executive of the Ministry for Women and one of the youngest CEOs appointed in the New Zealand Public Service. She is passionate in advancing the cause of the vulnerable in society.

Scott Pickering

Scott Pickering is a highly experienced chief executive. Currently CEO of Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), he has held regional CEO roles at Willis (Towers Watson), Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance (RSA), ACE Insurance (now Chubb Insurance) and CIGNA. He is a non-executive director for Chubb Australia and New Zealand, and a shareholder director in Kiwibank. Pickering’s philosophy is to ensure his organisations always deliver quality customer service and outcomes, which he believes can only be achieved when a business is truly inclusive, champions accessibility, and recognises diversity as a strength.

Ranjna Patel, ONZM

Rajna Patel and her husband Kanti set up the largest Private Primary Health care Provider in New Zealand, East Tamaki Healthcare in 1977, and, in 2014 founded Gandhi Nivas, a Family Harm initiative. She has won multiple awards including the Deloitte Top 200 Visionary Leader in 2016 and was awarded an ONZM in 2017. Patel sits on many advisory boards including Diversity Works NZ, the Mental Health Foundation, Middlemore Foundation, Global Women and NZ Police National Ethnic Forum.