Rowena Davenport

Rowena is an experienced commercial leader, with executive roles at Gallaway Cook Allan and MTF Finance. She joined the Otago Rugby Football Union Board in 2014 before becoming Chair in 2019 - the first female Chair of a major Provincial Rugby Union in New Zealand. Rowena has also served as a member of the New Zealand Secondary School Rugby Strategic Advisory Group and interned on the Board of Dunedin City Holding Limited in 2018. In 2022, Rowena was awarded a World Rugby Executive Leadership Scholarship.