Amy Satterthwaite, BSc 2010

Top cricketer Amy Satterthwaite, a former Lincoln University Sportsperson of the Year (2007) and Prime Minister’s Scholarship holder (2006-2007), added further lustre to her sporting career in 2020 with appointment as Vice-Captain of the New Zealand Women’s Cricket Team. Born in Christchurch,  the daughter of a former Canterbury Country cricket representative, Amy was brought up in Culverden and entered Lincoln University in 2005. 

She represented New Zealand while still a student, making her international debut in 2007 against Australia.  After graduation she worked as an office manager for a veterinary practice,  but it is through cricket that she has made her mark nationally and internationally.  Amy is no stranger to leadership having captained the Canterbury Magicians (temporarily) in 2007, then in 2016 she led a Lancashire club team in the UK Women’s Cricket Super League,  and in 2018 she was Canterbury Magicians’ Captain for the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.

Dr Pema Gyamtsho - DipFieldTech 1983, PG DipAgrSc 1989, MAgrSc (Hons) 1991

LU Alumni International Medal (2018)

Pema Gyamtsho came to Lincoln from Bhutan in 1982 and completed a number of qualifications. He later went on to a PhD in Switzerland but has always remained a loyal Lincoln alumnus. In 2018 he was awarded Lincoln University’s prestigious Alumni International Medal for outstanding career contributions in his chosen field and bringing credit to Lincoln University through achievements in his home country. In Bhutan Pema has had a distinguished career working in numerous fields related to land and natural resources, including planning, development and the implementation of land-based programmes.

Pema has been active in politics at a senior level and member of Bhutan’s National Assembly for many years. In 2008 he was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and in 2013 he became Leader of the Opposition in Bhutan’s National Assembly.  He is President of Bhutan’s Peace and Prosperity Party. Now, in 2020, in a move outside of the political arena, Pema has taken up the post of Director General of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development. This is his second period with the centre. He previously worked there as a watershed specialist. 

Tony Howey, BCom (Agricultural) 1982

After a long career in the growing industry involving many crops, prominent South Canterbury farmer and horticulturist Tony Howey now produces New Zealand’s largest single commercial harvest of organically grown blackcurrants, in partnership with wife Afsaneh. In 2019 Tony and Afsaneh sold and gave up leases on 600ha of land at Pleasant Point on which they grew onions, carrots, potatoes, grain and seed, so they could concentrate on their organic blackcurrant business, ViBERi Ltd. The Howeys have 70ha of certified organic land on the outskirts of Pleasant Point and their ViBERi operation produces a range of blackcurrant products. They are passionate about sustainably growing food that helps keep people healthy. 
Tony is a Director of Horticulture New Zealand, a past winner (1989) of the Lincoln University Foundation Farmer of the Year title, and a former Nuffield Scholar (1992). He was raised on a family cropping farm at nearby Waitohi and has been in the growing business all his working life, initially in partnership with brother David, also a Lincoln alumnus and co-winner with him of the Farmer of the Year title. 

Ash-Leigh Campbell - DipFM 2017, BCom (Agriculture) 2020

Fast making her mark as an emerging young leader in the dairy industry is Lincoln graduate Ash-Leigh Campbell, Fonterra’s Dairy Woman of the Year for 2020. A past pupil of Lincoln High School, Ash-Leigh entered Lincoln University in 2016 and completed first a Diploma in Agriculture, then the Diploma in Farm Management, followed by a Bachelor of Commerce (Agriculture). While studying, she was appointed Co-Convenor of the Lincoln Group of the Dairy Women’s Network.

Ash-Leigh has been with Ngai Tahu Farming for over four years, and for the past three years she has been Technical Farm Manager. In this role she assists with the performance of 8000 cows across eight dairy and dairy support farms, and carries out audit and compliance procedures, analytical projects and is involved with sustainable farming practices. She is also chairwoman of the New Zealand Young Farmers organisation.

Carlos Maria Uriarte MAgrSc (Hons) 1994

Farm Management masters graduate Carlos Maria Uriarte of Uruguay was appointed Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries in his country’s government in 2020. With this appointment he joins a distinguished list of Lincoln University alumni who have held government ministerial positions around the world including in New Zealand, Australia, Asia, and Africa. Carlos came to Lincoln University in 1990 and did his postgraduate degree under Associate Professor Gerald Frengley. Alongside his government duties, Carlos manages a family farm, is a farm consultant and a popular figure in Uruguay. As a young man he represented his country in football and rugby, and he is a former board member of INIA, Uruguay’s equivalent of AgResearch. From 2013-2015 he was President of Uruguay’s Rural Federation. Carlos is always highly complimentary about his time at Lincoln and generously attributes his rise to ministerial rank to, in part, his Lincoln University education and training. 

Kristy Havill, BSRM 2019

Sport has always been central to the life of former Lincoln University Students’ Association President Kristy Havill. In a career since school days at Christchurch’s Rangi Ruru Girls’ School, Greymouth-born Kristy has either coached, umpired or played touch rugby, volleyball, netball and cricket. Additionally and most prominently, Kristy is a top clay target shooter who has won national titles and represented New Zealand overseas in both women’s and open team championship events.

Kristy has also been an U-21 Canterbury cricket representative and, now older, remains very active in the game, playing for Canterbury Women most recently in T20 competitions, and coaching with Lancaster Park Cricket Club. In July 2020 Kristy was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Squash Canterbury and she looks after a large district covering the West Coast, Nelson Bays, Blenheim, Kaikoura, down the east coast to Christchurch and inland to Darfield. Kristy says her goal is to interact with as many clubs and members as possible. Part of her job is to implement the sport’s overall Strategic plan for participation growth and international success.