Nicola Toki has a 20-year history of conservation leadership and advocacy for New Zealand’s wildlife and wild places.Having worked in a range of roles across the private and public sector, Toki is an enthusiastic champion for engaging people with the special values of New Zealand’s natural world and has a deep understanding of the environmental management challenges and opportunities in this country.Over the past decade or more, Nicola has worked in conservation leadership roles in the agribusiness industry for OSPRI as well as Fonterra; in the Predator Free New Zealand movement; and as the Department of Conservation’s Threatened Species Ambassador. Immediately preceding her role as Chief Executive of Forest & Bird, Nicola was in a senior leadership role in the Department of Conservation as the Operations Director for the Eastern South Island.  In her spare time, Nicola enjoys spending time outdoors, and contributing to pest control while hunting.