Ms Deb Gilbertson, of Lower Hutt, CNZM, for services to business, science and technology
Deb Gilbertson established Te Kaihau Education Trust, a consultancy which grows leaders to innovate for a better world. She founded the Emergent Māori Women’s Leadership Programme and the Women in Agriculture Network. She designed and ran the National Venture Capital Industry Development Workshop, which led to significant policy changes and an increase in number of venture capital organisations. She co-founded and was a member of the Wellington Venture Capital Association board and was a member of Te Ao Kotahi Trust board. She established and was a member of the Innovative Technologies Programme board and the Chair of DSIR’s Science and Technological Advisory Council. Ms Gilbertson was a member of the Lincoln University’s Agricultural Economics Research Unit, through which she developed and ran a National Goat Industry Development workshop.