Carrie Stoddart-Smith - (OpinioNative)

Carrie Stoddart-Smith (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whātua) is the Founder and Principal Indigenous Trade and Economies Consultant at OpinioNative, a consultancy based in New Zealand that she founded in January 2020, to honour indigenous knowledge by creating an environment that celebrates and liberates Indigenous voices globally. Carrie serves as a Member of New Zealand’s Ministerial Strategic Advisory Group on Trade and as a Technical Advisor to Ngā Toki Whakarururanga, a Māori collective that works to advance and protect Māori rights, interests, duties, and responsibilities in the trade space. In 2024, she will embark on her PhD researching Indigenous Trade.