Neville Hugo Sale Judd

Neville Hugo Sale Judd (27 December 1939 – 2 May 2017) was a New Zealand diplomat and public servant.

Early life and family Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, on 27 December 1939, Judd was the son of Edwin Judd and Violet Judd (née Sale). After emigrating to New Zealand in 1946, he was educated in Christchurch at Cathedral Grammar School, and then Christ's College. and the University of Oxford, where he completed a second BA in 1963. In 1973 he married Catherine Isaac, and the couple had three sons.

Career In 1964, Judd joined the Ministry of External Affairs. In 1965 he was employed in the external economic division of the Treasury. From 1966 to 1968, he served at the New Zealand Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, and then, from 1968 to 1971, at New Zealand's embassy in Saigon. He then returned to New Zealand and worked in the economic division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1971 to 1973, before taking another overseas posting as New Zealand's chargé d'affaires in Moscow. Between 1975 and 1978, Judd was director of administration at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1978 to 1982 he was minister at the New Zealand embassy in Washington, D.C., and between 1982 and 1985, he served as New Zealand's ambassador to Austria, with accreditation in Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and Romania. In 1986, he was appointed spokesman and assistant secretary at the Ministry of External Relations and Trade.

Honours Judd was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1995. In the 2008 New Year Honours Judd was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.

Later life and death Judd moved to Nelson in October 2004, and served as a member of the Bishop Suter Art Gallery Trust Board.