Rebecca Kitteridge
Rebecca Kitteridge CVO | |
|---|---|
 Kitteridge in 2010 | |
| 7th Director-General of Security | |
| Assumed office May 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | John Key (2014–16) Bill English (2016–17) Jacinda Ardern (2017–) |
| Preceded by | Warren Tucker |
| 19th Secretary of the Cabinet | |
| In office 26 March 2008 – 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Diane Morcom |
| Succeeded by | Michael Webster |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1964/1965 (age 56–58) |
Rebecca Lucy Kitteridge CVO (born c. 1965) is the current director of the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service.[1]
Life[]
Kitteridge attended Upper Hutt College, and is a graduate of Victoria University of Wellington.[2]
She was Secretary of the Cabinet from 2008 to November 2013.[3][4] During the last six months of this time she was seconded to the GCSB to carry out a review of compliance systems and processes there, in response to concerns of illegal spying on Kim Dotcom.[5][6]
On 25 March 2014, Kitteridge was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order upon relinquishing her roles as Secretary of the Cabinet and Clerk of the Executive Council, and was invested by the Queen in a private ceremony at Buckingham Palace.[7][8] In 2017, Kitteridge won the Public Policy Award at the New Zealand Women of Influence Awards.[9]
References[]
- ^ "The trailblazing women who guard our security", 8 May 2015, ADLSI
- ^ "We're about security not spying: SIS chief". NZ Herald. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ "Ms Rebecca Kitteridge, Director New Zealand Security Intelligence Service". NZSIS. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ "Rebecca Kitteridge named new SIS director". New Zealand Herald. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ^ "Review of Compliance at GCSB", Rebecca Kitteridge, March 2013, GCSB.govt.nz
- ^ "Kitteridge report 'pretty damning' – Key", 14 April 2013, NBR
- ^ "Buckingham Palace". Court Circular. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ^ "Royal Victorian Order". New Zealand Gazette. No. 38. 3 April 2014. p. 1092.
- ^ "My Food Bag founder Cecilia Robinson supreme winner at Women of Influence awards". Stuff. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
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