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    Sep 23, 2021 4 minutes

    NEW DOC DIRECTOR-GENERAL APPOINTED

    The Department of Conservation has a new director-general, who will take over from Lou Sanson who has led the department for eight years.

    Penny Nelson has been appointed for an initial five-year term, beginning on November 1.

    Nelson has had a long career as a bureaucrat in Wellington. She is currently deputy director-general of biosecurity at the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI), where she oversees the management of biosecurity risk and the response to pest and disease incursions.

    Lou Sanson said Nelson was a proven leader: “I have known Penny for a number of years and have been highly impressed by her passionate work for the Sustainable Business Council, MFE and MPI.”

    Deputy public service commissioner Helene Quilter said Nelson has “broad

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