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Maretha Smit

Maretha Smit

Chief Executive of Diversity Works New Zealand

Maretha is the Chief Executive of Diversity Works New Zealand, having taken up this role right in the middle of the first Covid-19 lockdown in 2020.  She has a background and qualifications in behavioural and business sciences and has held various transformational executive roles in South Africa, prior to her immigration to New Zealand about seven years ago. She has a strong commitment to issues of social justice and a deep understanding of the way in which intersectional layers of prejudice have an impact on employment outcomes.

Maretha's Session

9.05am | DEI Landscape in Aotearoa - how are we doing?

Maretha will assess where New Zealand is at in terms of the DEI landscape, evaluating our own climate, the challenges that still hinder progress and what advancements we can make to alleviate the challenges that still persist.