Sue Gordon
Acting Chief Executive, Land Information New Zealand
Supporting the growth of New Zealand's economy.
Sue Gordon is the Acting Chief Executive of Land Information New Zealand and leads the organisation in delivering strategic priorities that support the growth of New Zealand’s economy. These include maintaining a world class property transactions system, increasing the productive use of geospatial information, and enabling the appropriate use of Crown-owned Land.
Prior to this, Sue was LINZ’s General Manager Strategic Development and Support, with responsibility for a range of corporate functions, and the New Zealand Geospatial Office where she led work to promote the New Zealand Geospatial Strategy. She was also involved in cross-government work in the natural resources sector.
Sue joined LINZ in 2009 from the Ministry of Economic Development, where she was the Deputy Secretary of Organisational Development and Support for six years.
Previously, she held organisational development roles in Fonterra, and led the organisational development practice area at Sheffield. Sue has also held roles in the Ministry of Health, Housing New Zealand, and the Ministry of Defence.
Sue has an honours degree in Political Studies from the University of Otago and an LLB from Victoria University.


