Another High Achiever

Our Head Boy and Principal were recently invited to attend a Rotary function which was welcoming a special guest, FDMC old boy Martin Garcia.

​Martin was at Francis Douglas Memorial College from 1965 to 1970.  He studied for almost 4 years to be a Columban missionary priest and then worked for 41 years as a public servant in New Zealand. 

Martin worked for the Department of Trade and Industry, the Customs Department, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
 
Although recently retired, he has been appointed for a third time to a WTO Dispute Settlement Panel for the World Trade Organisation where he will be one of three people meeting in Geneva to rule on a trade dispute between two countries.  He is also Governor for the Rotary District that covers the lower North Island, including New Plymouth. 
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Martin has a Masters degree in Public Administration (Executive) (with Merit) through Victoria University of Wellington and the Australia New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG), a Masters degree in Management (with Distinction in Management), a Post Graduate Diploma in Business and Administration (Management), and a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Political Science.

​His wife, Denise, is a midwife and they have six adult children.