Paula Rebstock
{{Short description|New Zealand civil servant}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix =
|name = Dame Paula Rebstock
|honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|size=100%|DNZM}}
|image = File:Paula Rebstock (cropped).jpg
|caption = Rebstock in 2016
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|df=y|1960|9|1}}
|birth_place = Montana, United States
|office = Chair of the New Zealand Commerce Commission
|term_start = 2003
|term_end = 2009
|predecessor = John Belgrave
|successor = Mark Berry
|alma_mater =University of Oregon {{small|(B.A/B.S.)}}
London School of Economics {{small|(MSc)}}
|spouse = Ulf Schoefisch
}}
Dame Paula Rae Rebstock {{post-nominals|country=NZL|DNZM}} (born 1 September 1960) is an Auckland-based consultant and company director who served as the Chair of the New Zealand Commerce Commission until March 2009. Originally from Montana in the United States, Rebstock has lived in New Zealand since 1987.{{cite web|url=http://www.business.auckland.ac.nz/comwebContent/1/5/20073/22140/23049.html |title=Paula Rebstock |accessdate=3 November 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015002419/http://www.business.auckland.ac.nz/comwebContent/1/5/20073/22140/23049.html |archivedate=15 October 2008 }}
Education
Rebstock has a double degree in international relations and economics from the University of Oregon, and a master's degree in Economics from the London School of Economics.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}
Career
After graduation she initially worked in New York before moving to New Zealand in 1987, when she was employed by the Treasury as an economist. She served in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet as an economics advisor and subsequently as General Manager Policy with the Department of Labour.{{cite web|url=http://www.comcom.govt.nz/TheCommission/CommisssionMembers/paularebstockchair.aspx |title=Commerce Commission Website - Paula Rebstock |accessdate=3 November 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014093344/http://www.comcom.govt.nz/TheCommission/CommisssionMembers/paularebstockchair.aspx |archivedate=14 October 2008 }}
In August 1998 she was appointed as an Associate Commissioner of the Commerce Commission, becoming Chair in 2003. She was re-appointed as Chair in 2006 until 2009.{{cite news|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/410965/934507|title=Commerce Commission reappoints chair|date=15 December 2006|work=One News|accessdate=2 November 2011}}
Honours
In the 2009 Queen's Birthday Honours, Rebstock was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for public services, particularly as chair of the Commerce Commission.{{cite web | url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2009 | title=Queen's Birthday honours list 2009 |date=1 June 2009| publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | accessdate=16 January 2018}} She was promoted to Dame Companion of the same order, for services to the State, in the 2016 New Year Honours.{{cite web | url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2016 | title=New Year honours list 2016 |date=31 December 2015 | publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | accessdate=16 January 2018}}
Personal life
Rebstock is married to Ulf Schoefisch; the couple has two daughters.{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10414507&pnum=2|title=New Zealanders of the year: Paula Rebstock|author=Harvey, Claire|date=9 December 2006|work=The New Zealand Herald|accessdate=2 November 2011}}
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Category:Naturalised citizens of New Zealand
Category:New Zealand public servants
Category:New Zealand women public servants
Category:Alumni of the London School of Economics
Category:University of Oregon alumni
Category:American emigrants to New Zealand