2020 Nuffield Scholar profile – Shannon Harnett

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Shannon Harnett

2020 Scholar

Shannon Harnett

Biography

Shannon has experience in dairy, sheep and beef and horticulture, and held senior management and accounting roles before becoming director at Rural Accountants.

She has been involved in several horticultural start-up businesses dealing with PVR varieties. Shannon is a Chartered Accountant, Director and Co-owner of Rural Accountants, a progressive accounting firm in Whakatane. She is a Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors and holds directorships in several agricultural and horticultural businesses.

Growing up on a sheep and beef farm in Hawkes Bay, Shannon’s farming background guided her accounting career by starting straight out of school at a farm accountancy practice. She graduated from Massey University with a BBS, majoring in Accounting and Management, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Agri Commerce.

An advocate of the New Zealand Food and Fibre Sector, Shannon has gained wide industry knowledge and believes New Zealand has an exciting opportunity to grow high value, consumer-driven produce.

Shannon’s research covered the value Plant Variety Rights (PVRs) could contribute to the Sector.

The tension between science-led and consumer-led research and development is unavoidable. There is a need for both. Successful consumer-led innovation directly produces economic value. Science for the sake of obtaining knowledge leads indirectly to economic, social, and environmental benefits.


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Current employment

Rural Accountants
Director 

 

Other Affiliations

NZ Institute 0f Directors
Chartered Member since 2018

Emerging Directors Forum – Tauranga
Member

Whakatane Members Forum
Committee Member

Contact

shannoncharnett@icloud.com

Region

Opotiki

Industry

Agribusiness
Rural Accountancy

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Education

2014

NZIPIM Leadership Development Forum

2010/2012

Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ)
Chartered Accountant CA
Certificate of Public Practice CPP

2011/2012

Post Graduate Diploma in Agri-Commerce

2008

Massey University Bachelor of Business Studies
Double Major – Accounting and Management

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