Lewis Dare Holden is a New Zealand public servant and economist. He is currently the Deputy Commissioner for Auckland at the State Services Commission. Prior to this appointment he was the Chief Executive of the

Ministry for Culture and Heritage The Ministry for Culture and Heritage (MCH; ) is the department of the New Zealand Government responsible for supporting the arts, culture, built heritage, sport and recreation, and broadcasting sectors in New Zealand and advising government on ...

. Holden was previously deputy secretary of the economic strategy branch at the Ministry of Economic Development. Lewis Dare Holden is not the Lewis Joseph Holden who is the campaign chair for

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. They are not related.

Education

Holden has a BA (Honours) from Victoria University of Wellington, a Diploma in Journalism from the

University of Canterbury The University of Canterbury ( mi, Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha; postnominal abbreviation ''Cantuar.'' or ''Cant.'' for ''Cantuariensis'', the Latin name for Canterbury) is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was ...

and a Masters of Public and Private Management from Yale School of Management. While at Victoria, Holden was elected to the executive of

Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association The Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association (VUWSA) is the official student association at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. VUWSA was established in 1899 as the Victoria University College Students' Society. Follo ...

Career

Holden was appointed Deputy Commissioner in March 2015 after being the Chief Executive of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage since June 2009. Prior to joining the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, Holden was Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Economic Development. Before that, Holden worked for the New Zealand Treasury, and worked in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet as an economic advisor for Jim Bolger. Holden also spent a term as Alternative Executive Director at the World Bank in Washington DC. Holden was instrumental in developing the previous

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governments' "regional development" and "economic transformation" policy agenda (such as the development of the New Zealand film industry), and undertook a stock take of government programs and their impact on New Zealand business. Holden held the position as Deputy Secretary of the MED from November 2001. In October 2006, he became Deputy Secretary of the new Economic Strategy branch. Holden also worked as a researcher for the 1986 Royal Commission on the Electoral System, which initiated electoral reform in New Zealand.

References

External links

Ministry for Culture and Heritage leadership team: Lewis Holden
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