Elizabeth Coutts

Professional Director, Chair of Oceania Healthcare, EBOS Group and 2degrees Group. Former CEO of Caxton Group, past President of Institute of Directors NZ

Liz Coutts has been a Director and Chair of Oceania since 5 November 2014. Liz is also the Chair of EBOS Group Limited and 2degrees Group Limited and a consultant to Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited. Liz is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, a past President of the Institute of Directors NZ Inc and was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) in 2016. Liz has previously been Chief Executive of Caxton Group, and Chair and, or director of a number of public and private companies and entities over the last 25 years including Skellerup Holdings Limited, Life Pharmacy Limited, Industrial Research, Public Trust, Sanford, Ravensdown Fertiliser Cooperative, the Health Funding Authority, Pharmac, Air New Zealand, Sport and Recreation New Zealand. She has been a Commissioner of both the Commerce Commission and Earthquake Commission and a member of both the Financial Reporting Standards Board of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.