Vivien Maidaborn, of Wellington, MNZM, for services to human rights and social entrepreneurship
Vivien Maidaborn is Chief Executive of UNICEF New Zealand. She was previously CEO of CCS Disability Action, CEO of Relationship Services, and Director of the New Zealand Disability Support Network. She was General Manager of Disability Support and Community Health Services for Waitemata Health Ltd. She has taken on leadership roles in the social-enterprise technology sector, with organisations such as EnSpiral and Loomio, which she co-founded. She has served on the EnSpiral and Loomio Boards and PledgeMe’s inaugural Advisory Board. Ms Maidaborn was a member of the New Zealand Social Entrepreneur Fellowship and has been a business mentor through the Tindall Foundation’s Capacity Building scheme.