Adrienne von Tunzelmann

Adrienne Fay von Tunzelmann QSO (born c. 1947)[1] is an executive director from New Zealand.

Von Tunzelmann was raised in Christchurch, Lyall Bay in Wellington, and in Fiji where her Air Force father was posted.

[2] In 1985, von Tunzelmann was the first woman to become Deputy Clerk of the House of Representatives, and was also Head of the Select Committee Office.

[3] She has a Certificate in Company Directorship, graduated from the MIT Sloan School of Management, and is a Distinguished Fellow of the Institute of Directors.

[1] She served for 14 years on the governing body of Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi, a Ngāti Awa tertiary education organisation for Māori in the eastern Bay of Plenty.

Von Tunzelmann at the Ageing Well final symposium, April 2024