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== Career ==
Walsh started her professional life as an chartered accountant and auditor at [[KPMG]] in [[Wellington]], New Zealand.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.globalwomen.org.nz/our-people/our-members/show/322/dame-therese-walsh|title=Our Members|website=www.globalwomen.org.nz|language=en|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbr.co.nz/article/new-director-appointed-asb-bank-180021|title=New director appointed - ASB Bank|date=2015-10-13|work=The National Business Review|access-date=2017-09-03|language=en}}</ref> She worked for the [[New Zealand Rugby Union]] as general manager of corporate services and later as chief financial officer, and was then appointed to the team that worked on the winning bid to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.<ref name=":1" />
Following her success with New Zealand rugby, Walsh became a Director of New Zealand Cricket. She was the head of New Zealand's 2015 Cricket World Cup campaign and successfully negotiated for New Zealand to host a significant number of the games and events, including a semifinal held in Auckland, and the opening ceremony held in Christchurch.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/68967117/therese-walsh-made-a-dame-in-queens-birthday-honours|title=Therese Walsh made a Dame in Queen's Birthday Honours|website=Stuff|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref>
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