Marie Shroff

Dame Janet Marie Shroff DNZM CVO (born 1944) is a New Zealand public servant.

[1] She worked as a research assistant for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFAT) and then as a journalist for the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation.

[2][1] On her return to New Zealand she worked for the State Services Commission in policy development and then on the creation of State-owned Enterprises.

[5] In August 2019 she was appointed to chair the New Zealand Electoral Commission,[6] and served in that role until November 2024, when she was succeeded by Simon Moore.

[2] In the 2022 New Year Honours, Shroff was promoted to Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the State and the community.

Shroff (right), after her investiture as a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit by the governor-general, Dame Cindy Kiro , at Government House, Auckland , on 30 May 2022