Kirsten (KP) Patterson
Trust Supporter

Kirsten Patterson is Chief Executive of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand. 

• A qualified lawyer and a member of the New Zealand Law Society.

• Chartered Fellow of the Human Resources Institute of New Zealand. 

• A member of Global Women.

• Trustee, and the first woman appointed to the NZ Rugby Foundation (Charity) Board.

• Chair of the Lower Hutt Community Facilities Trust.

Kirsten has extensive leadership experience and is a strong advocate of gender and diversity issues within our community.

Why I Volunteer

“The homelessness problem in Wellington can be really confronting when you walk along the city streets and see women who need help. Where do you start? How do you make a difference? To those of us who have been lucky enough to not have to walk their path, there is much we can do to help. Only through a collective community effort will we make the societal changes we all want and need.”