Business of Government: a new Treasury secretary, fresh tea on Roche and more ...

Business of Government: a new Treasury secretary, fresh tea on Roche and more ...
The new face of Treasury is an old one – Iain Rennie was a deputy secretary there before becoming State Services Commissioner. (Image: NZME)
Jem Traylen
Treasury secretary appointment Jungle drums – or the Lambton Quay equivalent thereof – are signalling that the appointment of a new Secretary to the Treasury is imminent and BusinessDesk understands the role will go to Iain Rennie, one of its former deputies.Rennie, “retired” from the New Zealand public service in 2016 in his early 50’s, after spending eight years as the head of the State Services Commission (now renamed the Public Service Commission), to be replaced by Peter Hughes. Hughes has now been r...

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