Esther Guy-Meakin
New Zealand Meat Board
BIOGRAPHY
Esther is a senior trade policy and advocacy professional with experience across the public and private sectors.
She has held senior roles spanning international trade negotiations, industry advocacy, strategic communications and government relations.
Esther's trade policy expertise is grounded in a career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, where she led goods negotiations in the RCEP and India-New Zealand free trade agreements, served as Legal Adviser to the TPP negotiating team, and represented New Zealand as a diplomat in New Delhi, India.
She has also held senior roles at Beef + Lamb New Zealand and the Meat Industry Association, leading trade advocacy and market access strategy for the red meat sector.