Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) board member Anne Urlwin was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to business.

Anne has been a director, a chartered accountant and business consultant for more than 20 years.

She began her career with KPMG before undertaking senior management roles in the information technology and meat industries. 

She then moved into governance roles and is currently a director of Precinct Properties New Zealand Limited, Summerset Group Holdings Limited, Vector Limited, and Ventia Limited. 

Anne is also the Independent Chair of the Te Rūnanga Audit and Risk Committee of Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu and also serves on the boards of City Rail Link Limited and QAC. 

She has been deputy chair of Southern Response Earthquake Services, and chair of the New Zealand Blood Service and the Naylor Love Construction Group. She has held directorships with Chorus Limited, Tilt Renewables Limited, Cigna Life Insurance New Zealand, as well as Crown companies and sporting organisations including New Zealand Hockey. 

Anne is a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand and a member of the Institute’s National Council; a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

The timing of the New Zealand celebration of the Queen's Birthday in 2022 coincides with the timing of the main events in the United Kingdom to mark the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. On the Prime Minister's recommendation, the Queen has agreed that the significance of the Jubilee should be acknowledged in New Zealand by renaming the Queen's Birthday 2022 Honours list as the “Queen's Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours List 2022”.

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