Rebecca Kitteridge

Rebecca Lucy Kitteridge CVO (born c. 1965) is the current director of the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service.[1]

Rebecca Kitteridge
CVO
Kitteridge in 2010
7th Director-General of Security
Assumed office
May 2014
Prime MinisterJohn Key (2014–16)
Bill English (2016–17)
Jacinda Ardern (2017–)
Preceded byWarren Tucker
19th Secretary of the Cabinet
In office
26 March 2008 – 2013
Preceded byDiane Morcom
Succeeded byMichael Webster
Personal details
Born1964/1965 (age 56–58)

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
  1. "The trailblazing women who guard our security", 8 May 2015, ADLSI
  2. "We're about security not spying: SIS chief". NZ Herald. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  3. "Ms Rebecca Kitteridge, Director New Zealand Security Intelligence Service". NZSIS. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  4. "Rebecca Kitteridge named new SIS director". New Zealand Herald. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  5. "Review of Compliance at GCSB", Rebecca Kitteridge, March 2013, GCSB.govt.nz
  6. "Kitteridge report 'pretty damning' – Key", 14 April 2013, NBR
  7. "Buckingham Palace". Court Circular. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  8. "Royal Victorian Order". New Zealand Gazette. No. 38. 3 April 2014. p. 1092.
  9. "My Food Bag founder Cecilia Robinson supreme winner at Women of Influence awards". Stuff. Retrieved 2 June 2018.


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