Fiona Oliver won the New Zealand Shareholders Association's Beacon Award in 2021 for standing up for minority shareholders against a major shareholder.
Lyttelton Port similarly cut a quiet deal.
Kiwibank lent about $500 million to businesses, about four times the rate of banks generally.
New Zealand Green Investment Finance told MPs – some sceptical – that it acted as a pathfinder for commercial banks to invest in decarbonisation.