In 2012 Foreman was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to business.

The couple set up an investment company, Emerald Group, which had real estate, recruitment, hotel, and food components.

[7][5] In the 2012 New Year Honours Foreman was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to business.

[10][4] Foreman had an affair with then-Reserve Bank governor Don Brash before the end of his second marriage.

Foreman refused to confirm the allegations, but Brash wrote about the relationship in his 2014 autobiography.