Deborah is a Director of Lucidome Bio. She is Head of Catalyst at AgriZeroNZ, responsible for leading investments to accelerate research and innovations across the system to reduce methane and nitrous oxide emissions for pasture-based farming in New Zealand. 

Deborah has held executive roles for over 15 years in both agriculture and human health. She led the policy and trade team at the Ministry for Primary Industries, with lead responsibility for all policy from animal welfare to food safety, agriculture climate change policy, market access and trade settings covering over 75% of New Zealand’s exports. Deborah has also been a Board member of OSPRI NZ which runs the national animal identification and tracing system and supports animal disease management. Deborah has also held executive roles in New Zealand’s health care system.

Deborah has postgraduate degrees from The University of South Australia and The London School of Economics.