Nicola Shadbolt joins the KBC Board as a Plant and Food Research shareholder representative. Nicola has worked in government, agribusiness, consultancy and academia and is a Professor of Farm and Agribusiness Management at Massey University. She serves on the Executive Committee and the Board of the International Food & Agribusiness Association.

Nicola is managing director with her husband of four farming and forestry equity partnerships based in Manawatu. Nicola was made an officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to agribusiness in 2018.