David Payton

David Bruce Payton (born 1952) was the Administrator of Tokelau from 17 October 2006 to 2009.[1]

He also served as Senior Advisor to the Secretary-General for the International Conference on Population and Development as part of the United Nations Population Fund (from 1992-1994) based in New York. He was also on the New Zealand Delegation to the historic Rio Summit in 1993 led by New Zealand diplomat, Terence O'Brien

Payton was previously New Zealand Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1997–2000) and then Ambassador to the Netherlands (2002–2006).

He retired from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) in 2014 at the age of 62, after spending the last few years of his career (2011-2014) working in New York (for the second time) for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on issues related to development in Small Island Developing States (SIDs).

Vastly experienced on development issues surrounding SIDs, Payton now works as a consultant on SIDs, based out of New Zealand.

References

"Pacific". New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Archived from the original on 5 June 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2010.

Preceded by Neil Walter	Administrator of Tokelau 2006–2009	Succeeded by John Allen

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[1] "Pacific". New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Archived from the original on 5 June 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2010.