Francois Barton
Francois Barton is the Executive Director of the Business Leaders’ Health and Safety Forum, which supports its members to become more effective leaders on health and safety.
Prior to his appointment to the Forum in May 2015, Francois established and ran WorkSafe NZ’s national programme team, which delivered major safety campaigns in construction, agriculture, forestry and manufacturing.
He has previously held roles at MBIE, including being involved in early discussions that led to the development of the Canterbury Safety Rebuild Charter, and at the Department of Labour, where he was part of the team that set up the Forum in 2010.
Francois is a Trustee for not-for-profit organisation, Construction Health and Safety New Zealand.