Henry van der Heyden

Sir Henricus Wilhelmus van der Heyden KNZM (born 1957)[1] is a New Zealand dairy farmer, business executive and company director.

[2] In the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours, van der Heyden was appointed a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to agriculture.

[3] In 2009, following the restoration of titular honours by the New Zealand government, he accepted redesignation as a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.

[4] In 2011, he was conferred with an honorary Doctor of Commerce degree by Lincoln University.

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Van der Heyden's investiture as a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit by the governor-general, Sir Anand Satyanand , at Old St Paul's, Wellington , on 19 August 2009