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Alasdair Thompson
ALASDAIR THOMPSON, a New Zealander businessman, married with two adult children and four grandchildren, came from a farming background, became an accountant, studied economics and gained a postgrad...view moreALASDAIR THOMPSON, a New Zealander businessman, married with two adult children and four grandchildren, came from a farming background, became an accountant, studied economics and gained a postgraduate diploma in public policy.
He was a three-term mayor of the Thames-Coromandel District, a director of Power New Zealand, commissioner of the Waikato Area Health Board and CEO of New Zealand’s Employers and Manufacturers Association.
In 2011, he was the subject of an international media furore for saying that some women’s menstruation affects their productivity and thus income. This was in response to proposed legislation to make transparent the 12 per cent gender pay gap in New Zealand.
As a consequence, Thompson lost his job as CEO of the powerful Employers and Manufacturers Association for bringing the organisation into disrepute. Life Changing is his response to his demise.view less