Dr Amanda Bell
Mandy is an experienced director and business owner in the primary sector, veterinary, biotec and tourism industries. Her focus is One Health, the optimal integrated health of water, environment, animals and people, and in integrating science and technology to create roadmaps and actions to deliver on future thinking and vision. She chairs the MfE-funded Wānaka Water Project and DINZ/MPI Passion to Profit programmes and was a member of the Freshwater Leaders Group which assisted Ministers to develop national freshwater quality policy.
Criffel Station is home base for Mandy, husband Jerry and their three children. Having grown up on farming properties in Otago and Canterbury, Mandy holidayed with family for many years in Wānaka, underpinning her passion for helping to ensure that future generations continue to enjoy local waterways in the same way.