Marie Shroff has been reappointed as Privacy Commissioner for a five year term.
Associate Justice Minister Lianne Dalziel says Shroff has been highly effective in improving the service delivery of the Privacy Commissioner and her reappointment will ensure the ongoing effectiveness of the office.
"Shroff has strategic leadership skills and broad experience across a range of policy areas," Dalziel says.
Shroff's first term of appointment expires later this month.
Dalziel says the Opposition supports the appointment.
The Privacy Commissioner is an independent Crown entity established under section 12 of the Privacy Act 1993 and the Commissioner's role is to promote and protect individual privacy.
Principal functions include investigating and conciliating complaints, issuing codes of practice, monitoring information matching and advising and reporting on privacy matters.
Shroff has worked with the Department of External Affairs, the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation, as a teacher in Western Samoa and with the New Zealand Consulate General in New York.
In 1978 she was appointed to the State Services Commission and held the positions of Director of Policy and Director of the State Enterprises Branch. In 1987 she was appointed as Secretary of the Cabinet and Clerk of the Executive Council and she served in that position until September 2003 when she was appointed to the role of Privacy Commissioner.
