Summerset chief executive Norah Barlow won two of the seven awards at the inaugural Women in Governance Awards.
Ms Barlow, who has led retirement village operator since 2002, won the gender diversity in leadership and the excellence in leadership awards which aim to celebrate gender diversity to empower the next generation of women into governance roles.
Three of six members of the Summerset executive team are women, including Ms Barlow, and they run 16 villages with more than 2200 residents and about 500 employees.
The awards were organised by Women on Boards, a new organisation, which was established by Dr Rosanne Hawarden and Lesley Whyte of Massey University.
