Suzie Moncrieff

Dame Suzie Moncrieff (born Suzanne Elizabeth Dick, ) is a New Zealand sculptor and arts entrepreneur, and the founder of the World of Wearable Art show (WOW).

Early life Moncrieff was born in 1948 or 1949, at Hope, near Nelson, New Zealand, one of four children of Dorothy and Jack Dick, a sawmill owner.

Moncrieff studied at Waimea College, Richmond, and particularly enjoyed art and sculpting. Although she wanted to be an artist, her application to art school was declined and instead she enrolled to study at Christchurch Teachers' College. She didn't enjoy it and returned to Nelson after about 14 months. As it was outside of town, she decided to promote the gallery by running an annual sculpture competition. The prize money was donated by the company which had sold Moncrieff the cottage; however, the firm was later bought out by a multinational company and the prize money withdrawn. The show has sold out every year it has been staged, and a 2009 study estimated that the show contributes $15 million to the city's economy.

Moncrieff and her sister Heather Palmer sold WOW to New Zealand resident Japanese businessman Hideaki Fukutake in 2022.

Honours and awards In the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours, Moncrieff was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the arts and tourism. She was promoted to Dame Companion of the same order, for services to the arts, in the 2012 New Year Honours.

Moncrieff was named Wellingtonian of the Year in the arts category in 2011. The following year she was a finalist in the 2012 New Zealander of the Year awards, In 2015 she received a Deloitte top 200 visionary leader award.