My Net Worth: Courtney Johnston, CEO of Te Papa

My Net Worth: Courtney Johnston, CEO of Te Papa
Courtney Johnston: "I get to care for something that is bigger than me and lasts for longer than me." (Image: Daniel Rose)
Gregor Thompson
In addition to her leadership position at New Zealand's national museum, Courtney Johnson is a trustee of Arts Wellington, the Wellington Performing Arts Trust and online arts and culture journal The Pantograph Punch. She is also a past chair of Museums Aotearoa and has held governance and advisory roles with the National Digital Forum, Tohatoha (Creative Commons Aotearoa NZ), Inland Revenue, and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.In 2015, she was the recipient of a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust scholarship to research c...

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