Gillian Greer

Gillian Brooker Greer (born 1944), also known as Gillian Boddy, is a New Zealand teacher, a literary scholar specialising in the works of Katherine Mansfield, a heath advocate, an advisor to the New Zealand Government and has been an administrator of numerous non profit organisations. She was the chief executive of the National Council of Women of New Zealand (NCWNZ) from 2017 to 2018 and an assistant vice-chancellor of Victoria University of Wellington.

Early life and education Greer was born in New Zealand but spent the early years of her childhood in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The title of her 1996 doctoral thesis was The annotated notebooks of Katherine Mansfield, 1895–July 1908, with commentary.

Career Greer began her professional career by teaching at secondary schools including at Wellington Girls' College. She was the researcher for the New Zealand television documentary A Portrait of Katherine Mansfield. Greer has also co-wrote a book on Robin Hyde. In 2006, Greer was appointed the director-general of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF). After a year in that position, in 2018, Greer was appointed director of Evofem Biosciences. In the British 2012 New Year Honours, she was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to international health and women’s rights. In 2019, Greer was conferred with an honorary doctorate by Victoria University of Wellington.