Cathy Quinn

Cathy Quinn was elected to the Fonterra Board in 2020. She has a number of governance roles having previously enjoyed a 30+year career as a commercial and corporate lawyer with MinterEllisonRuddWatts, and has significant expertise in governance, equity capital markets, mergers and acquisitions and private equity services. Amongst the numerous awards she has won, Cathy was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to law and women in 2016.

Cathy is a Director and indirect shareholder of Thistlehurst Dairy Limited, based in the Waikato. Cathy advised the dairy industry for many years including the Dairy Board, Fonterra, the Fonterra Co-operative Council, and competitors of Fonterra. Key commercial Boards that Cathy serves on are Fletcher Building, Tourism Holdings, Rangatira and she chairs Fertility Associates. In terms of public service roles Cathy is the Pro-Chancellor of the Council of Auckland University. She was previously on the advisory Board at New Zealand Treasury, the New Zealand Securities Commission and NZ China Council.