The industries Mainland Group's chair-elect Liz Coutts won't work in and why she never looks back

The industries Mainland Group's chair-elect Liz Coutts won't work in and why she never looks back
Experienced director Liz Coutts says NZ's capital market must be more attractive to help businesses to grow. (Image: Liz Coutts)
Rebecca Stevenson
When Liz Coutts embarked on a career as a company director, the female bathroom was not on the same floor as the boardroom.  Coutts, chair of Ebos, Oceania Healthcare, 2degrees and freshly appointed chair-elect of Mainland Group, is widely considered one of New Zealand’s top directors. Her career spans Fletcher Challenge, where she was an “experiment” as the first woman with a management degree to win a place in its graduate programme, to leading the boardroom for some of NZ’s largest companies. She says p...

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