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As part of our Women Directors’ Network series we will hear from experienced senior directors Jane Wrightson and Vanessa Stoddart.
Vanessa and Jane will discuss their extraordinary careers in governance and the changes they have seen as female directors across various types of entities.
Key themes will include diversity culture and the role of female directors, why female directorship is important, with the conversation underpinned by the realities of juggling directorship with day jobs, whānau responsibilities and financial commitments.
Are we making progress? How much has changed if anything and how far do we have left to go? Join us at this After 5 session to find out.
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Vanessa is currently Chair of Tonkin + Taylor, a Director for Waste Management and OneFortyOne - an international forestry company and sits on a number of advisory and NFP boards. She has held governance positions with other listed, private, public sector and co-operative entities here and in Australia, chairing many People and Health & Safety Committees.
Prior to her governance career, Vanessa was head of engineering and human resources at Air New Zealand and Chief Executive Packaging Australia for Carter Holt Harvey – having started her career in the legal profession. Vanessa is passionate about inclusion, is a member of Global Women and a mentor on various programmes including mentoring Kupe Scholarship candidates and MYLN participants.
Vanessa is a Companion of Engineering NZ and an Honorary Fellow of HRINZ.
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Jane Wrightson has recently concluded two terms as New Zealand's Retirement Commissioner, leading Crown entity Te Ara Ahunga Ora Retirement Commission.
Jane chairs the Charities Registration Board and the Workforce Development Fund, an industry training funding entity. She is a Governor of Radio NZ and chairs its Audit and Risk Committee.
Previous board appointments include chairing Experience Wellington, a CCO, and directorships with Netball NZ, Swimming NZ, and the Digital Media Trust.
Her executive career included stints as chief executive of public media funder NZ On Air; of the Broadcasting Standards Authority, a regulator; and of the Screen Producers’ Association, an industry
advocacy body. Previously, Jane became NZ’s first woman chief film censor after a decade in various programming and commissioning roles with TVNZ.
She holds an MBA with distinction, a BA in literature, is a chartered member of the Institute of Directors, and is a Distinguished Alumnus of Massey University.
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Jill Dawson
Wellington Branch Manager
+64 27 278 8814
+64 4 470 2673
jill.dawson@iod.org.nz
The Wellington branch acknowledges the generous support of
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The East Coast region also thank
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The Manawatu region also thank
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