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Nathan McGraw is Chief Safety and Risk Officer of Air New Zealand (NZX: AIR), appointed in March 2025. He has over 30 years in aviation. He joined Air New Zealand in 2005 as a pilot and spent 15 years as an ATR pilot, including leading flight operations for Mount Cook Airline. He held several senior leadership roles across operations, safety, training, and network portfolios, and most recently headed integrated planning for the airline for three years. Nathan played a key role in Air New Zealand's agile transformation and expansion of regional operations, including tripling the ATR 72 fleet size and merging multiple operator certificates. He holds an Airline Transport Pilot License, A-Category Flight Instructor rating, Flight Examiner rating, and multiple aircraft type ratings, with training in safety management systems, human factors, lead auditing, and safety investigation.