Susan Wakefield

Susan Mary Wakefield (née Lojkine) QSO is a tax expert from New Zealand.[1]

Wakefield completed a PhD in Russian at the University of Canterbury in 1968. She then trained in accountancy, graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1975, and worked as an accountant. In 1979 she became a partner at the international accountancy firm Peat Marwick. In 1987 she resigned and co-founded a specialist tax practice.[1] In 1987 and 1988 she served on a consultative committee for the Inland Revenue Department (New Zealand) to review New Zealand's international tax regime.[2]

Wakefield has held a number of directorships including Director and Deputy Chairman of the Bank of New Zealand and chairman of the Commerce Commission from 1989 to 1994.[3] In 2000, she was part of a three-person Ministerial Inquiry into the electricity industry.[3] Wakefield was the founding chair of the University of Canterbury Foundation, a registered charitable trust which supports the university.[1]

Honours and awards

Wakefield was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services in the 1993 New Year Honours.[4] Also in 1993, she was awarded the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal.[5] In 2006, she was awarded an honorary doctorate in commerce from the University of Canterbury.[1]

References
  1. "Susan Wakefield | University of Canterbury". The University of Canterbury. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  2. "Chapter 1 - Introduction | Tax Policy, Inland Revenue". taxpolicy.ird.govt.nz. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  3. "Ministerial Inquiry into the Electricity Industry". The Beehive. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  4. "No. 53154". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 31 December 1992. p. 30.
  5. "The New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 – register of recipients". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
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