Our Board
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Our Board members each have a remarkable record of leadership, entrepreneurship, corporate governance and service. The Board’s role is to govern the strategic direction of Global Women as an organisation of importance to the economic and social prosperity of New Zealand.
Jo Avenell
Jo is an established Senior Executive with broad international experience and a proven track record spanning more than 20 years in the financial and professional services...
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Annabel Cotton is one of New Zealand’s leading investor relations practitioners. Through Merlin IR, she has worked alongside many of New Zealand’s leading listed companies...
READ MORE >Joanna Doolan
After a successful career as a Partner at EY Jo is the External Director of the EY Darden Executive Education and specialises in providing Advisory Board and Governance...
READ MORE >Felicity Evans
Felicity has more than 25 years of experience in the finance industry, including in retail and commercial banking and human resources.
Felicity was most recently the...
READ MORE >Cilla Hegarty
Cilla Hegarty founded NZ Tax Refunds, the market leader in online tax refunds in New Zealand, in 2008. A pioneer in the industry Cilla established the company out of a desire...
READ MORE >Ranjna Patel
Founder and Director of Nirvana Health Group, a management company for East Tamaki Healthcare, West Auckland Healthcare and White Cross.
The company delivers Primary...
READ MORE >Susan Peterson
Susan is an Independent Director on the Board of ASB as well as Trustpower (TPW – NZX), Xero (XRO – ASX/NZX), Vista Group (VGL – NZX/VIL – ASX) and...
READ MORE >Tania Simpson
Tania Simpson is the founding director of Kowhai Consulting. She is a Director of the Reserve Bank of NZ and Tainui Group Holdings (TGH), a board member of Global Women NZ, a...
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