Lynette Thorstensen

Lynette is Chair of Fairtrade International’s board. She is a New Zealander living and working in France and has devoted her career to social and environmental justice. Lynette’s previous roles include Chief Executive of Greenpeace Australia, Executive Director, Social Development and Environment with the New South Wales Premiers’ Department in Australia, Managing Director of Communications with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development in Switzerland and Consultant Director of Communications with the Global Green Growth Forum housed within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark. She was the founding Chair of Australians for Native Title, a Board member of Greenpeace Australia Pacific and a founding Board Director of the Sydney Community Foundation.