Public Service Chief Executives
Reorder Chief Executives by:
Mr Wayne McNee
Chief Executive and Director-General of Agriculture and Forestry
Agriculture and Forestry, Ministry of / Te Manatu Ahuwhenua, Ngāherehere
Appointed in November 2010
Ms Katrina Bach
Chief Executive
Building and Housing, Department of / Te Tari Kaupapa Whare
Appointed in October 2004
Mr Roger Sutton
Chief Executive
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA)
Appointed in June 2011
Mr Alastair Morrison
Chief Executive and Director-General of Conservation
Conservation, Department of / Te Papa Atawhai
Appointed in November 2006
Mr Ray Smith
Chief Executive
Corrections, Department of / Ara Poutama Aotearoa
Appointed in January 2011
Dr David Collins QC
Chief Executive and Solicitor-General
Crown Law Office
Appointed in September 2006
Mr Lewis Holden
Chief Executive
Culture and Heritage, Ministry for / Te Manatū Taonga
Appointed in June 2009
Mr John McKinnon
Chief Executive and Secretary of Defence
Defence, Ministry of / Manatū Kaupapa Waonga
Appointed in December 2006
Mr David Smol
Chief Executive
Economic Development, Ministry of / Manatū Ōhanga
Appointed in July 2008
Dr Graham Stoop
Chief Executive and Chief Review Officer
Education Review Office / Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga
Appointed in January 2007
Ms Lesley Longstone
Chief Executive and Secretary for Education
Education, Ministry of / Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga
Appointed in November 2011
Dr Paul Reynolds
Chief Executive and Secretary for the Environment
Environment, Ministry for the / Manatū Mō Te Taiao
Appointed in July 2008
Mr John Allen
Chief Executive and Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ministry of / Manatū Aorere
Appointed in July 2009
Mr Ian Fletcher
Director
Government Communications Security Bureau
Appointed in January 2012
Dr Kevin Woods
Chief Executive and Director General of Health
Health, Ministry of / Manatū Hauora
Appointed in February 2011
Mr Bob Russell
Chief Executive and Commissioner of Inland Revenue
Inland Revenue Department / Te Tari Taake
Appointed in May 2007
Mr Peter Mersi
Acting Chief Executive and Secretary for Internal Affairs
Internal Affairs, Department of
Appointed in October 2011
Mr Andrew Bridgman
Chief Executive and Secretary for Justice
Justice, Ministry of / Tahu o te turi
Appointed in August 2011
Mr Nigel Bickle
Acting Chief Executive and Secretary of Labour
Labour, Department of / Te Tari Mahi
Appointed in January 2012
Mr Colin MacDonald
Chief Executive
Land Information New Zealand / Toitu te whenua
Appointed in July 2008
Mr Leith Comer
Chief Executive
Māori Development, Ministry of / Te Puni Kōkiri
Appointed in February 2001
Ms Carolyn Tremain
Chief Executive
New Zealand Customs Services
Appointed in September 2011
Mr Colin Tukuitonga
Chief Executive
Pacific Island Affairs, Ministry of
Appointed in June 2007
Mr Maarten Wevers
Chief Executive
Prime Minister and Cabinet, Department of the
Appointed in June 2004
Mr Murray Bain
Chief Executive
Science and Innovation, Ministry of
Appointed in November 2010
Mr Adam Feeley
Chief Executive
Serious Fraud Office
Appointed in November 2009
Mr Brendan Boyle
Chief Executive
Social Development, Ministry of
Appointed in October 2011
Mr Iain Rennie
State Services Commissioner and Chief Executive
State Services Commission / Te Komihana O Ngā Tari Kāwanatanga
Appointed in July 2008
Mr Geoff Bascand
Chief Executive and Government Statistician
Statistics New Zealand
Appointed in May 2007
Mr Martin Matthews
Chief Executive
Transport, Ministry of / Te Manatū Waka
Appointed in September 2008
Mr Gabriel Makhlouf
Chief Executive and Secretary to the Treasury
Treasury, the / Kaitohutohu Kaupapa Rawa
Appointed in June 2011
Ms Rowena Phair
Chief Executive
Women's Affairs, Ministry of / Minitatanga mō ngā Wāhine
Appointed in July 2010
