Suzanne Lee Snively DNZM is an American company director and economic strategist in New Zealand. [1]
Suzanne Lee Snively DNZM is an American company director and economic strategist in New Zealand. [1]
Snively was born in the United States and came to New Zealand on a scholarship from the Fulbright Program in 1972. [2] She completed a master's degree at Victoria University of Wellington in 1986, with a thesis on the influence of the budget on household incomes. [3]
She has served as a director of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, of the New Zealand Army Leadership Board, an economic consultant to Housing New Zealand, and is a member of the Institute of Directors and the New Zealand Association of Economists. [2]
Snively is chair of Transparency International New Zealand, part of an independent global initiative fighting corruption. [2]
In 1993, Snively received a New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal. In the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed an Honorary Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to business. [1] [4] In 2013, she was named Wellingtonian of the Year. [5] [6]
In the 2021 New Year Honours, Snively was promoted to Honorary Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to governance. [7]
Snively is married to broadcaster Ian Fraser. [5]
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