Oliver Hendrickson is Agriculture Counsellor in the New Zealand Permanent Mission to the EU in Brussels. He works on issues affecting New Zealand’s global and bilateral trading relationships, and issues such as climate change and sustainability. He works with counterparts in the EU Commission, across the EU Member States, and in the OECD and other international organisations.

Prior to being appointed Counsellor, Oliver was Director of Forestry and Land Management at the Ministry for Primary Industries in New Zealand and was responsible for regulatory operations of NZ’s Emissions Trading Scheme. He’s also been the chair of various governance programmes focused on the creation and provision of public services to enable sustainable land-use and action on climate change.