Nicola Shadbolt
{{Short description|New Zealand farmer, academic and company director}}
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Transit New Zealand
Fonterra
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Nicola Mary Shadbolt {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM}} is a New Zealand farmer, academic and company director. She is currently a full professor at the Massey University{{cite web |url=http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/expertise/profile.cfm?stref=884330 |title=Prof Nicola Shadbolt - Professor in Farm & AgriBusiness Management - Massey University |website=Massey.ac.nz |accessdate=14 September 2018}} and Chair of Plant & Food Research.{{cite web|url=https://www.plantandfood.co.nz/page/about-us/board/|title=Board of Directors|publisher=Pant & Food Research|accessdate=7 October 2019}}
Academic career
Shadbolt earned degrees from the University of Nottingham and Lincoln College (at that time a constituent college of the University of Canterbury) and a diploma from Massey University. Her master's thesis was titled Alternative management strategies and drafting policies for irrigated Canterbury sheep farms.{{Cite Q|Q111964709|type=Master's thesis}} Shadbolt worked at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and then in a variety of roles in government, agribusiness and consultancy before moving to Massey University, rising to full professor.{{cite news |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12062868 |title=Queen's Birthday Honours: Business leaders recognised |work=New Zealand Herald |date=3 June 2018 |accessdate=14 September 2018}}
From 1994 to 2001, Shadbolt was on the board of Transit New Zealand.{{cite web |url=https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-roading-appointments |title=New Roading Appointments |website=Beehive.govt.nz |accessdate=14 September 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/appointments-transit-new-zealand |title=Appointments to Transit New Zealand |website=Beehive.govt.nz |accessdate=14 September 2018}} She held multiple roles, including director, within the Fonterra group of companies from 2009{{cite web |url=https://www.nbr.co.nz/article/fonterra-nominates-nicola-shadbolt-shareholders-fund-manager-bd-164238 |title=Fonterra nominates Nicola Shadbolt for shareholders' fund manager |date=20 October 2014 |website=Nbr.co.nz |accessdate=14 September 2018}}{{cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/80595593/diverse-thinking-needed-on-fonterras-board-of-directors-nicola-shadbolt-says |title=Diverse thinking needed on Fonterra's board of directors, Nicola Shadbolt says |website=Stuff.co.nz |date=3 June 2016 |accessdate=14 September 2018}} to 2018.{{cite news|url=https://www.ruralnewsgroup.co.nz/rural-news/rural-general-news/nine-years-enough-shadbolt|title=Nine years enough – Shadbolt|publisher=Rural News|date=19 September 2018|first=Sudesh|last=Kissun}}
In 2017, Shadbolt won the rural section of the Westpac New Zealand Women of Influence Award,{{cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/96649118/shadbolt-takes-rural-honours-at-women-of-influence-awards |title=Shadbolt takes rural honours at Women of Influence Awards |website=Stuff.co.nz |date=8 September 2017 |accessdate=14 September 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://www.agscience.org.nz/congratulations-to-professor-shadbolt-but-where-are-the-gongs-for-science/ |title=Congratulations to Professor Shadbolt – but where are the gongs for "science"? - NZIAHS |date=4 June 2018 |website=Agscience.org.nz |accessdate=14 September 2018}} and in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to agribusiness.{{cite web |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/honours/lists/qb2018-onzm |title=Queen's Birthday Honours 2018 - Citations for Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |accessdate=14 September 2018}}
On 19 August 2019 Shadbolt was appointed as Chair and Director of the Plant & Food Crown Research Institute. On 17 December 2019 Shadbolt was appointed as a member of the Climate Change Commission.{{cite web |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/118257732/powerful-climate-commissioners-appointed-including-harry-clark-and-james-renwick |title=Powerful climate commissioners appointed, including Harry Clark and James Renwick |publisher=Stuff |date=17 December 2019 |accessdate=19 December 2019}}
Selected works
- {{cite journal |last1=Schwendel |first1=B. H. |first2=T. J. |last2=Wester |first3=P. C. H. |last3=Morel |first4=M. H. |last4=Tavendale |first5=C. |last5=Deadman |first6=N. M. |last6=Shadbolt |first7=D. E. |last7=Otter |title=Invited review: Organic and conventionally produced milk – an evaluation of factors influencing milk composition |journal=Journal of Dairy Science |volume=98 |issue=2 |year=2015 |pages=721–746|doi=10.3168/jds.2014-8389 |pmid=25497795 |doi-access=free }}
- {{cite journal |last1=Garnevska |first1=Elena |first2=Guozhong |last2=Liu |first3=Nicola Mary |last3=Shadbolt |title=Factors for successful development of farmer cooperatives in Northwest China |journal=International Food and Agribusiness Management Review |volume=14 |issue=4 |year=2011 |pages=69–84}}
- {{cite conference |last1=Clare |first1=B. |first2=N. |last2=Shadbolt |first3=J. |last3=Reid |first4=J. H. |last4=Trienekens |title=Supply base relationships in the New Zealand red meat industry: a case study |conference=5th International Conference on Chain and Network Management in Agribusiness and the Food Industry: Paradoxes in Food Chains and Networks |pages=805–816 |year=2002}}
- {{cite book |last1=Shadbolt |first1=Nicola |first2=Sandra |last2=Martin |title=Farm Management in New Zealand |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2005}}
- {{cite book |last1=Hodgson |first1=J. |first2=K. C. |last2=Cameron |first3=D. A. |last3=Clark |first4=L. M. |last4=Condron |first5=Tom |last5=Fraser |first6=M. J. |last6=Hedley |first7=Colin |last7=Holmes |first8=P. D. |last8=Kemp |first9=R. J. |last9=Lucas |first10=D. J. |last10=Moot |first11=S. |last11=Morris |first12=Phillipa |last12=Nicholas |first13=Nicola |last13=Shadbolt |first14=G. W. |last14=Sheath |first15=I. |last15=Valentine |first16=Garry |last16=Waghorn |first17=D. R. |last17=Woodfield |chapter=New Zealand’s pastoral industries: efficient use of grassland resources |title=Grasslands: Developments, Opportunities, Perspectives |place=Rome |publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and Science Publishers |year=2005 |pages=181–205 |editor-last1=Reynolds |editor-first1=S. G. |editor-last2=Frame |editor-first2=J.}}
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External links
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- {{LinkedIn page|in/nicola-shadbolt-9377b610}}
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Category:New Zealand women academics
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Category:Lincoln University (New Zealand) alumni
Category:New Zealand women in business
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Category:Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Category:Academic staff of Massey University
Category:New Zealand Women of Influence Award recipients
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