Draft Tourism Environment Action Plan

A policy practitioner for more than 20 years, Jennie has worked in tourism policy for the last 10 years. 

Currently, Jennie is a member of the MBIE Secretariat that is supporting the Tourism Environment Leadership Group on the environment phase of the Tourism Industry Transformation Plan, including the development of the Draft Tourism Environment Action Plan launched earlier in June 2023.

Jennie was previously a lead on the development of the New Zealand-Aotearoa Government Tourism Strategy.  Other areas of responsibility have included contributing advice from a tourism perspective to government decisions about COVID-related constraints on the tourism industry’s connectivity, labour shortages and resilience building; and advising on China market development, including leading the 2015 China Visitor Insight Programme.

Aside from tourism policy, Jennie’s areas of policy expertise include trade policy, international food policy and regulatory policy.