Miriam Dean

Miriam Rose Dean is a New Zealand King's Counsel and company director. In 2011 Dean was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the law and business. She was awarded Distinguished Alumna status at the University of Waikato.

Career

Dean completed a Bachelor of Laws with honours at the University of Auckland, a Master of Laws at Harvard University, and a Bachelor of Social Science at the University of Waikato.

Dean was made Queen's Counsel in 2004.

Dean was part of the Government’s Ministerial inquiry into the 2013 Fonterra botulinum recall, the Electricity Pricing Review, and Auckland Council's review of council-controlled organisations. In 2020 she reviewed Weta Digital's workplace culture after allegations of bullying, sexual harassment, intimidation, misogyny and homophobia.

Dean was a member of the Auckland Transition Authority that created the new Auckland Council. and was chair of New Zealand On Air. In 2018 Dean was awarded a Distinguished Alumni Award at the University of Waikato.