WHO IS SHE?

Married to former judicial conduct commissioner Sir David Gascoigne.

Born in Matamata, and brought up in Te Akau and Minginui, where her parents, Neil and Kay Reddy, were school teachers. She went to Hamilton Girls’ High School.

Her interests include the arts – especially film, the visual arts and opera.

In 1982 she joined law firm Watts and Patterson (now Minter Ellison Rudd Watts), and became the first female partner in 1983, specialising in tax, corporate and film law.

In 1987 she joined Brierley Investments as group legal counsel and subsequently became group manager for special projects.

John Key has described her as ‘‘thoughtful, articulate’’ and having a ‘‘brilliant legal mind’’.