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Gillian Wratt
Chair
For Gill, the opportunity to work with Project Janszoon to restore the ecology of the Abel Tasman is returning to her backyard. She grew up on a farm in Motueka and fondly remembers the annual family picnic at Appletree Bay.
After six years as Chief Executive of the Nelson-based Cawthron Institute, New Zealand’s largest independent science organisation, Gill turned author, writing a book about the history of international co-operation within the Antarctic Managers Council which was published in 2013. Her credentials to write such a book came from leading New Zealand’s Antarctic agency for 10 years from 1996 – 2002. Gill has a Masters in Business Administration from Sydney University and Bachelor of Science (Hons) Botany, from Canterbury University.
A former national whitewater kayak champion, in addition to chairing Project Janszoon, Gill chairs the Antarctic Science Platform Governance Group, the Citizens of the Sea Trust and the Nelson Tasman Cycle Trails Trust. She still manages to fit in mountain biking, kayaking and skiing between reading board papers and attending meetings.
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