Case studies
Meet women from around New Zealand who bring their different experiences, skills and backgrounds to the boardroom.
Wendy Neilson
Wendy Neilson has significant experience in disability advocacy and support. She is currently a lay...
Tessa Turnbull
Dr Tessa Turnbull, of Katikati in the Bay of Plenty, is the Inaugural Distinguished Fellow...
Adrienne Young-Cooper
Adrienne Young-Cooper lives in Auckland where she is a director of Hill Young-Cooper Ltd, a...
Tina Wehipeihana-Wilson
Tina Wehipeihana-Wilson is a Taupo-based financial management consultant with a great deal of governance experience...
Kristy McDonald QC
Kristy McDonald QC is a Wellington-based barrister with extensive experience in criminal, health, public and...
Jacqueline Rowarth
Professor Jacqueline Rowarth, of Palmerston North, is an agriculture scientist. She holds the Foundation Chair...
Giselle McLachlan
Giselle McLachlan is an Auckland barrister and solicitor with a background in corporate law and...
Jeannette Samundsen
Jeannette Samundsen, of Hastings, has a distinguished career in the food industry. She was a...
Lynell Tuffery Huria
Lynell Tuffery Huria is a Wellington-based patent lawyer who specialises in intellectual property at A...
Lydia Wevers
Lydia Wevers is a Professor at Victoria University and the Director of the Stout Research...
Wendy Steadman
Wendy Steadman works as a project manager in the building services industry. She is a...
Denise Church
Denise Church is a Wellington-based company director, consultant and executive coach. She has extensive experience...
Toni Kerr
Toni Kerr is a global banking professional, with experience in treasury operations and in the...
Susan Macken
Susan Macken is a senior Auckland-based company director and business consultant, who provides advice on...
Marilyn Kohlhase
Marilyn Kohlhase is an Auckland-based Samoan who has been on many boards ranging from the...
Alison Stewart
Professor Alison Stewart is a Christchurch-based plant biologist with extensive experience in plant disease management,...
Allison Franklin
Christchurch-based Allison Franklin is a long-serving advocate for disabled people. She was a Director on...
Elizabeth Hopkins
Elizabeth Hopkins is a specialist in scientific commercialisation, and pharmaceutical and biotechnology management and has...
Helen Nicholson
Professor Helen Nicholson is a qualified doctor and Dean of the School of Medical Sciences...
Alison McAlpine
Alison McAlpine is best known as a Nelson City Councillor but she also has a...
Jane Mitchell
Jane Mitchell, of Paerau in Central Otago, is a sheep, beef and deer farmer, who...
Pauline Winter
Pauline Winter, of Auckland, is chair of the National Advisory Council on the Employment of...
Frances Driver
Frances Driver, of Alexandra, is on the National Advisory Council for the Employment of Women,...
