Fiona Cooper rejoined the New Zealand United States Council as Executive Director in March 2024, having previously held the role from 2014-18. 

During her 37 year career to date, she has worked in both the public and private sectors. She was the New Zealand Director of the Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum for 13 years. She has also worked for Bank of New Zealand, Fonterra, the NZ Dairy Board, the New Zealand International Business Forum and the New Zealand branch of the APEC Business Advisory Council.

Her career began at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade including a trade policy posting to the New Zealand Embassy in Washington DC, a secondment to Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade in Canberra, and two secondments to Ministerial offices in the New Zealand Parliament. Fiona has a BA Hons in Politics from the University of Canterbury.