Mary Quin

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Mary Quin
Born
U.S.
Alma mater Harvard University (MBA)
Northwestern University (PhD) [1]
OccupationFormer chief executive at Callaghan Innovation
Known forbeing kidnapped and being held hostage

Mary Quin is a business chief executive. She is the former [2] chief executive at Callaghan Innovation, [3] was an executive at Xerox in New York City, and a dual citizen of the United States and New Zealand. She was raised in Palmerston North, New Zealand and received her secondary education at St Peter's College. [4] In 1998, while traveling in Yemen her tourist group was kidnapped and four tourists were killed. After surviving being a hostage, she provided the FBI with information that allowed British cleric, Abu Hamza, to be extradited to the United States to for his role in the kidnapping. [5] She wrote a book about that affair: Kidnapped in Yemen: One Woman's Amazing Escape from Captivity (The Lyons Press, ISBN   978-1592287284). [2] [6]

The New Zealand Herald named her as one of two 2014 New Zealanders of the Year. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Mary Quin | Captive Audience".
  2. 1 2 "Callaghan Innovation CEO resigns". NBR. 5 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Sachtleben, Amanda (14 March 2013). "Callaghan Innovation appoints CEO" – via Stuff.co.nz.
  4. ↑ "The Mary Quin Scholarship", St Peter's College Prizegiving awards, St Peter's College Website (Retrieved 25 September 2024)
  5. ↑ "Don't Mess with Mary Quin". CBS News. 2 October 2016.
  6. 1 2 Cumming, Geoff (13 December 2014). "New Zealander of the Year: Mary Quin". NZ Herald. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
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