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Mary Quin is a business chief executive. She is the former[2] chief executive at Callaghan Innovation,[3] was an executive at Xerox in New York City, and a dual citizen of the United States and New Zealand. She was raised in Palmerston North, New Zealand and received her secondary education at St Peter's College.[4] In 1998, while traveling in Yemen her tourist group was kidnapped and four tourists were killed. After surviving being a hostage, she provided the FBI with information that allowed British cleric, Abu Hamza, to be extradited to the United States to for his role in the kidnapping.[5] She wrote a book about that affair: Kidnapped in Yemen: One Woman's Amazing Escape from Captivity (The Lyons Press, ISBN 978-1592287284).[2][6]
Mary Quin | |
|---|---|
| Born | U.S. |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (MBA) Northwestern University (PhD) [1] |
| Occupation | Former chief executive at Callaghan Innovation |
| Known for | being kidnapped and being held hostage |
The New Zealand Herald named her as one of two 2014 New Zealanders of the Year.[6]
See also
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edit- ^ "Mary Quin | Captive Audience".
- ^ a b "Callaghan Innovation CEO resigns". NBR. 5 July 2016.
- ^ Sachtleben, Amanda (14 March 2013). "Callaghan Innovation appoints CEO" – via Stuff.co.nz.
- ^ "The Mary Quin Scholarship", St Peter's College Prizegiving awards, St Peter's College Website (Retrieved 25 September 2024)
- ^ "Don't Mess with Mary Quin". CBS News. 2 October 2016.
- ^ a b Cumming, Geoff (13 December 2014). "New Zealander of the Year: Mary Quin". NZ Herald. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
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