Sue Suckling

Sue Suckling OBE is a businesswoman and commercial director from New Zealand.[1]

Suckling was raised in Hamilton, in the North Island of New Zealand, and studied at Massey University in Palmerston North. She then moved to Christchurch to lecture at Lincoln University for two years. Following this she worked as a food technologist in the meat industry and became chief executive at Pacific Foods, a joint venture between Waitaki Refrigerated and a German company. She then worked at a merchant bank, and was later appointed to the Trade Development Board.[2]

Suckling has held a number of positions in governance, including chair of ECL Group Ltd, Jacobsen Pacific Ltd, New Zealand Qualifications Authority, Jade Software, Lincoln Agritech Hub and founding chair of Callaghan Innovation.[3][4] She is also a director of Sky City Entertainment Group and a former director of NIWA, AgriQuality Limited, Westpac and the New Zealand Dairy Board.[1][5]

In 2018 Suckling was appointed chair of the Insurance & Financial Services Ombudsman Scheme Commission.[1]

Recognition

Suckling was named the inaugural New Zealand Business Woman of the Year in 1985, at the age of 27.[2] In 1996 she was awarded an Order of the British Empire for her contribution to New Zealand business.[5] In 2015 Suckling was awarded an honorary doctorate in science by Lincoln University, Canterbury. She is a Companion of the Royal Society of New Zealand.[6]

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References
  1. "IFSO farewells Dame Paula Rebstock, welcomes Sue Suckling | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  2. "A woman's place in the boardroom". Stuff. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  3. Smellie, Pattrick (31 January 2018). "Sue Suckling replaced by Pete Hodgson at Callaghan Innovation". NZ Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  4. "Jade Software appoints Sue Suckling as Chairperson | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  5. "Sue Suckling ยป ECL Group". www.eclgroup.co.nz. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  6. "List of Companions of the Royal Society of New Zealand". royalsociety.org.nz. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
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