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Plant & Food Research has merged with AgResearch, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research and Scion to form the Bioeconomy Science Institute

Senior Leadership Team

Quentin Smith

Chief Financial & Operating Officer

Quentin leads the finance function and the management of infrastructure and information to achieve our goals. Quentin studied at the University of Auckland where he completed a BCom (Hons) in Finance and a BSc in Psychology. He began his career with professional services firm, Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers), where he became a Manager. From here, he became a Financial Consultant with McDonalds Restaurants (New Zealand) Limited, moved into Operations and eventually went on to head up the Finance and Property portfolios for NZ and the Pacific Islands as the Director of Finance and Development.