Rebecca Adams

Rebecca Adams provides Govt Relations advice to the network. Rebecca is reponsible for strengthening the relationship between UOA and key government leaders. She also works closely with research organisations across Aotearoa and had a foundtional role in the set up of the RNA Platform, the Strep A vaccine development platform led by Nikki Moreland, and a range of successful inititatives across the climate change/climate mobility, urban planning, Pacfic development/education, energy, Medtech, ID and minerals areas. She is a former diplomat having held roles in trade, multilateral, development and Pacific regional areas with diplomatic postings to Japan and New Caledonia.