Sue Suckling

Sue Suckling OBE (born 1957 or 1958) is a businesswoman and commercial director from New Zealand. Suckling was raised in Hamilton, in the North Island of New Zealand, and studied at Massey University in Palmerston North. She then moved to Christchurch to lecture at Lincoln University for two years. Following this she worked as a food technologist in the meat industry and became chief executive at Pacific Foods, a joint venture between Waitaki Refrigerated and a German company. She then worked at a merchant bank, and was later appointed to the Trade Development Board. Quotes The Minister put me in as the meat industry person because I think he wanted a different view other than the traditional leaders of the big commodity businesses, which were huge,” Everyone could have been my grandfather in terms of age – they were highly networked businessmen, including the heads of the wool, dairy, kiwifruit and tourism boards,” “I had to have the confidence to contribute and that came about because I believed in what we were doing. I thought about my contribution and how it could make a difference.” I’ve always been someone to make things happen. I get up every day and look at what we’re trying to do and what we want to achieve,” I’m always thinking, what are we trying to do? What would it take to make it happen? What are the things we can or cannot manage, and how do we manage the rest to make sure we get there?” External links Category:Living people Category:Women born in the 1950s Category:entrepreneurs Category:Businesswomen from New Zealand