Sinead Boucher
New Zealand journalist and chief executive
Sinead Marie Boucher (née O'Hanlon; born 26 June 1970) is a New Zealand media proprietor and journalist. She has been the owner and chief executive of Stuff Ltd since 2020, which owns Stuff, the country's largest news website, and nine national newspapers. In July 2023 she became the organisation's executive chair.
Early life and family
Born in 1970 to Sean and Mary O'Hanlon, Boucher moved with her family from Belfast, Northern Ireland, to Christchurch, New Zealand, when she was about three years old. She was educated at Villa Maria College. After beginning to study law at the University of Canterbury, she dropped out and worked at McDonald's, before returning to Ireland for a time.
In 1992, she returned to New Zealand and completed a six-month journalism course at Aoraki Polytechnic in Timaru, where she met her future husband, Mark Boucher. The couple married in 2003 and they have two children.
Career
In 1993, Boucher was employed by Fairfax as the North Canterbury branch office reporter for The Press newspaper.
In 1999, Boucher moved with her future husband Mark to London, where she worked for the Financial Times on its website FT.com and at Reuters’ London bureau.
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