Simon Murdoch

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Simon Murdoch CNZM
Murdoch in 2009
Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade
In office 2002–2009
Preceded by	Neil Walter
Succeeded by	John Allen
High Commissioner to Australia
In office 1999–2002
Preceded by	Graham Fortune
Succeeded by	Kate Lackey
Chief Executive of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet
In office 1991–1998
Prime Minister	Jim Bolger, Jenny Shipley
Succeeded by	Mark Prebble
Personal details
Born	Simon Peter Wallace Murdoch 1948 (age 75–76)

Simon Peter Wallace Murdoch CNZM (born 1948) is a New Zealand diplomat and public servant. He was New Zealand's Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade and was previously New Zealand High Commissioner to Canberra, and Chief Executive of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.