Mrs Faye Sumner, of Auckland, CNZM for services to the medical technology sector
Faye Sumner is Chief Executive Officer of the Medical Technology Association of New Zealand (MTANZ). She has developed the relationships between MTANZ and stakeholder groups. She played a key role in developing and embedding the Code of Practice for the medical technology industry. She has provided governance through a range of board appointments in the medical and research fields, and has been an advocate for local start-up companies in the New Zealand MedTech sector. She helped grow the annual Medical Technology Conference into what is now HealthTech Week. Mrs Sumner is a member of the APEC Code of Business Ethics for Medical Devices Working Group and has contributed to international organisations such as the Medical Technology Association of Australia and AdvaMed in the United States.