Stephanie Rowe

Stephanie Rowe is our Deputy Director-General Biodiversity, Heritage and Visitors.

Stephanie grew up dreaming of working in conservation. Her time as a scientist at DOC remains one of the formative and exciting parts of her career. Since then, Stephanie has held senior leadership roles at the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development and the Ministry of Primary Industries. She has gained experience leading across strategy, policy, research, intelligence and operations.

Stephanie is excited to have returned home to DOC. The Biodiversity, Heritage and Visitors group is the centre of DOC’s technical and scientific expertise. They set the direction for our conservation work and look at how we can achieve our goals. The group leads the implementation of Te Mana o Te Taiao (the Aotearoa New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy) and the Visitor and Heritage Strategy.

Stephanie’s passions are people and system leadership. She enjoys complex challenges, where it takes a diversity of views and approaches to achieve great things.