Graham Scott (public servant)

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{{Infobox officeholder

| image = |

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| name = Graham Scott

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| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CB|size=100%}}

| office = Secretary to the Treasury of New Zealand

| term_start = 1986

| term_end = 1993

| predecessor = Bernie Galvin

| successor = Murray Horn

| birth_name = Graham Cecil Scott

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|5|26|df=y}}

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| spouse = Claudia deVita Scott

| alma_mater ={{plainlist|

• Duke University (MA, PhD)
• {{nowrap|University of Canterbury (MCom)}}}}

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Graham Cecil Scott {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CB|size=85%}} (born 1942) is a former official of the New Zealand government and a political candidate.

After a 1972 PhD from Duke University titled 'Industrial production and investment in a dynamic, multiregional, interindustry model of the United States,' {{Cite book|url=https://find.library.duke.edu/catalog/DUKE000914830|title=Industrial production and investment in a dynamic, multiregional, interindustry model of the United States|year=1972}} he became Secretary of the New Zealand Treasury in 1986, and held that post until 1993.{{cite web|url=http://www.treasury.govt.nz/statesector/policyexpenditurereview/reviewgroup |publisher=Treasury of New Zealand |title=Review Group |accessdate=2011-03-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221155553/http://www.treasury.govt.nz/statesector/policyexpenditurereview/reviewgroup |archivedate=21 February 2011 |df=dmy-all }} He later headed the Health Funding Authority{{cite web|url=http://pssm.ssc.govt.nz/1999/speakers/gscott.asp |publisher=New Zealand State Services Commission |title=The 1999 Speakers -Graham Scott -Chair, Health Funding Authority |accessdate=2011-03-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724100458/http://pssm.ssc.govt.nz/1999/speakers/gscott.asp |archivedate=24 July 2011 |df=dmy-all }} and the Central Regional Health Authority. He was the executive chairman of [https://web.archive.org/web/20150210075508/http://southerncrossadvisers.com/Experts.aspx Southern Cross Advisors Ltd].

In the 1995 Queen's Birthday Honours, Scott was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath, for public services.{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-1995 |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 1995 |date=19 October 2012 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |accessdate=6 September 2020}}

In the 2005 elections, he was ranked fifth place on ACT New Zealand's party list, but the party did not gain enough votes for him to enter Parliament.