Katrina May Shanks was born on 12 May 1969 and is a New Zealand chief executive and former politician.
16 Facts About Katrina Shanks
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Katrina Shanks was born in Dannevirke in 1969, and attended St Matthew's Collegiate for Girls in Masterton and Dannevirke High School.
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Katrina Shanks graduated with a Bachelor of Business Studies from Massey University.
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Katrina Shanks had previously worked as a project accountant for Westpac, in retail client services for Newton Investment Management in the United Kingdom, and as a senior auditor for Audit New Zealand.
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Katrina Shanks joined the New Zealand National Party in 2001 as a member of the Karori branch and was a member of the party's executive committee for the Wellington Central electorate until 2004, when she joined the Ohariu-Belmont branch.
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Katrina Shanks was the National Party's candidate in Ohariu-Belmont at the 2005 general election.
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Katrina Shanks did not defeat incumbent Peter Dunne but performed more strongly than National's 2002 candidate Dale Stevens.
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At 46th on the party list, Katrina Shanks was the highest-placed National list candidate not to be elected.
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Katrina Shanks eventually joined Parliament in February 2007 when former leader Don Brash resigned.
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Katrina Shanks became her party's associate spokeswoman for commerce and economic development and sat on the social services committee for the remainder of the term.
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Katrina Shanks was placed again at 46th on the party list and National's stronger party vote result meant that she returned to Parliament.
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Katrina Shanks was a member of the commerce committee as well as deputy chair and later chair of the social services committee.
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Katrina Shanks was elected as a list MP for a final time in 2011.
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Katrina Shanks announced her intention to retire from Parliament at the 2014 general election but instead retired early at the end of 2013.
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Katrina Shanks was succeeded as a list MP by Jo Hayes.
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Katrina Shanks held this role until 2018 when she became the inaugural chief executive of Financial Advice New Zealand.