Newly-appointed Johanna Wood is championing diversity as the country rides a wave of interest heading to France
“One of the things with people is they’re always watching. They’re watching to see ‘have you got what it takes to be a leader? Can you make the hard decisions? Can you make the tough calls?’ And I think I can.”
Talking to Johanna Wood, the recently-elected first woman president of New Zealand Football, you quickly learn that she is used to defying expectations in male environments. “My background is in education,” she says. “When I was appointed principal of a co-ed high school it wasn’t common for women. My husband and I are farmers, so people often wouldn’t speak to me on the telephone because I’m a woman.
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