Kathy Grant

Kathy is Otago born and bred, spending the first 18 years of her life in Oamaru, before moving to Dunedin for tertiary education. Kathy has wide legal experience, having taught in the Faculty of Law at the University of Otago and working in private legal practice for over 20 years.

Kathy was the Commissioner of Southern DHB (June 2015 to December 2019) and is currently a director of Southern Cross CLT Ltd, which operates an elective surgery facility in Queenstown. She has extensive experience in the governance of educational institutions having previously chaired both the Dunedin College of Education, Otago Polytechnic and served on the University of Otago Council. She is currently a Council member of Te Pukenga NZ Institute of Skills and Technology and a director of Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology Ltd, Wellington Institute of Technology Ltd and Whitireia Community Polytechnic Ltd.