
Adrian Orr
Reserve Bank of New Zealand / Te Pūtea Matua
Governor
- Appointed March 2018.
- Previously chief executive officer at the Guardians of the NZ Superannuation Fund, deputy governor and head of financial stability.
- Earlier chief economist for Westpac Banking Corporation
- Previous roles as an economist at the Institute of Economic Research, the Treasury, National Bank of NZ and the OECD.
- A 1983 undergraduate of Waikato University and 1985 Master’s graduate (with distinction) from Leicester University in the UK.
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