Bernadette Pinnell

Bernadette Pinnell is a business leader specialising in social housing enterprises. In 2022, she was awarded the Community Hero Award at the New Zealand Women of Influence Awards.

Biography Pinnell was raised in Northern Ireland. She completed a master’s degree in urban planning at the University of Sydney, and a doctorate focused on urban renewal projects at the University of New South Wales. Pinnell moved to New Zealand to join the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority following the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.

Pinnell was chair of the Urban Development Institute of New Zealand from 2023 to 2024.