Josie Pagani

I work in aid and development, politics, trade and media, and am the CEO of Childfund NZ, a network of NGOs with global reach. I am implementing a new strategy to focus primarily on our own region of the Pacific (and South East Asia), and championing locally-driven development, with a tighter focus on our core purpose: ‘We power the Pacific’s own future, by removing the barriers that prevent children for getting the skills and education they need.’ Before that I was the Executive Director of the Council for International Development (CID), the peak body organisation for New Zealand’s aid and