Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited advised that Cather Simpson, PhD, has been appointed as a non-executive director of the company with effect from 1 June 2022. With expertise in lasers and photonics, Dr. Simpson is a professor of physics and chemical sciences at the University of Auckland and a partner at Pacific Channel, an early-stage investment company. She is a director of the International Society for Optics & Photonics (SPIE) and founder/director for Orbis Diagnostics.

Dr. Simpson also serves on the advisory boards of the Paihau-Robinson Research Institute at Victoria University and the New Zealand Product Accelerator. In 2010, Dr. Simpson founded and directed The Photon Factory at the University of Auckland. She is a founder of three high-tech start-up businesses, including Engender Technologies, where she served as Chief Science Officer from 2011 to 2021.

She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand Te Aprangi. Dr. Simpson was born in Germany during her father's military tour of duty. Her family later moved back to the United States, where she went on to study at the University of Virginia and the University of New Mexico.

She has resided in New Zealand since 2007. The Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Board has determined that Dr. Simpson will be an independent director of the Board. She will also serve as a member of the Quality, Safety and Regulatory Committee, effective 1 June 2022.