Nicola Shadbolt has worked in government, agribusiness, consultancy and academia and is a Professor of Farm and Agribusiness Management at Massey University. She serves on the Executive Committee and the Board of the International Food & Agribusiness Association and is a voluntary appointed board member on Cooperative Business New Zealand. She is Plant & Food Research' board member on the Kiwifruit Breeding Company, a joint venture with Zespri. She was an elected member of the Fonterra Board for nine years, and served as a Climate Change Commissioner for three years. With a breadth of experience from ingredients to FMCGs, QSR to high-end food service, she has a particular focus on sustainability and ESG. She is managing director with her husband of four farming and forestry equity partnerships based in the Manawatu. Nicola was made an officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to agribusiness in 2018.

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