Nicola Shadbolt
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Nicola Shadbolt | |
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.jpg) Shadbolt in 2018 | |
| Alma mater | University of Canterbury |
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| Fields | Agribusiness |
| Institutions | Massey University Transit New Zealand Fonterra |
Nicola Mary Shadbolt ONZM is a New Zealand farmer, academic and company director. She is currently a full professor at the Massey University[1] and Chair of Plant & Food Research.[2]
Shadbolt earned degrees from the University of Nottingham and Lincoln College (at that time a constituent college of the University of Canterbury) and a diploma from Massey University. Her master's thesis was titled Alternative management strategies and drafting policies for irrigated Canterbury sheep farms.[3] Shadbolt worked at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and then in a variety of roles in government, agribusiness and consultancy before moving to Massey University, rising to full professor.[1][4]
From 1994 to 2001, Shadbolt was on the board of Transit New Zealand.[5][6] She held multiple roles, including director, within the Fonterra group of companies from 2009[7][8] to 2018.[9]
In 2017, Shadbolt won the rural section of the Westpac New Zealand Women of Influence Award,[4][10][11] and in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to agribusiness.[4][12]
On 19 August 2019 Shadbolt was appointed as Chair and Director of the Plant & Food Crown Research Institute. On 17 December 2019 Shadbolt was appointed as a member of the Climate Change Commission.[13]
