This was a rich and deep conversation with Sir Maarten Wevers who shared about his life journey on this episode of seeds podcast. From being born in the Netherlands to moving to New Zealand with his family age 1, growing up with different cultural influences and then how he got into the diplomatic world, travelling the World, his learning Japanese to serve as Ambassador to Japan and then working with multiple Prime Ministers through pivotal moments in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s. From 1985 to 1987 he was private secretary to then Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, David Lange. He was also the Chief Executive of the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet from 2004-2012. He has been involved in a lot more including currently as deputy Chair of the Fred Hollows Foundation.
We really do cover a lot in this conversation and I learned so much from his life and the stories he told. I hope you enjoy it - if you do, why not post the link to it and tag me in so I can like and comment and it will benefit your networks too.
Thanks to Craig Fisher for suggesting this conversation as well!
More conversations are at www.theseeds.nz
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