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New CE for the Ministry

Dr Paul Reynolds started at the Ministry for the Environment on the 21 July as Chief Executive and Secretary for the Environment.

Dr Paul Reynolds, Cheif Executive and Secretary for the Environment

Dr Paul Reynolds, Chief Executive
and Secretary for the Environment.

“I am excited to be starting at the Ministry. For New Zealand and its future development, the Ministry for the Environment and its work plays a vital role. In overall government policy this is a time for the environment,” said Reynolds.

Reynolds comes from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), where he has been Assistant Deputy Director General and Group Director – MAF Policy since 2002.

“In my role at MAF I worked closely with the Ministry for the Environment to progress work around climate change, water and sustainable land management. I am looking forward to doing more important work in those areas,” he said.

Reynold’s appointment was announced by the State Services Commissioner, Mark Prebble. According to Prebble, Reynolds' leadership, policy development, and management experience, together with his intellectual capability and personal qualities, will assist him to successfully lead the Ministry through its complex work programme.

“His work at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry developing strategies for major initiatives such as policy for water allocation and quality and the proposed climate change Emissions Trading Scheme, together with his sound grasp of environmental and sustainability issues, means Dr Reynolds has a very good understanding of the sector and the issues that the Ministry for the Environment faces,” said Prebble.

Reynolds has ten years' experience in senior management roles and leading policy development in the public service. From 1992 to 1998, he was the Science Manager, Immunomolecular Plant Biology, at the Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand. Prior to this, he was the Section Leader, Immunology and Plant Molecular Biology at the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.

Reynolds has a Bachelor of Science (Honours) and a PhD in Plant Biochemistry from the University of Otago. In 1990 he was awarded a commemoration medal for his contribution to New Zealand science.

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