Ms Mary Holm, of Auckland, ONZM for services to financial literacy education
Mary Holm holds an MBA in finance and has been a journalist, media commentator, seminar presenter and lecturer on personal finance for more than 40 years. She is a weekly columnist for the New Zealand Herald and features fortnightly on Radio New Zealand. She wrote ‘Rich enough? A laid-back guide for every Kiwi’, which was a number one bestseller for seven weeks. She has written three books on KiwiSaver and helped develop tools for the sorted.org.nz financial advice website. She was a founding director of the Financial Markets Authority and has written for the Listener, Dominion Post, Christchurch Press and Waikato Times. Ms Holm was a director of the Banking Ombudsman Scheme and has been a member of advisory groups and government bodies responsible for financial regulation and literacy.