Mary Quin is a business chief executive. She is the former

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at Callaghan Innovation, was an executive at

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, and a dual citizen of the

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and

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. She was raised in

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, New Zealand and received her secondary education at St Peter's College. In 1998, while traveling in

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her tourist group was kidnapped and four tourists were killed. After surviving being a hostage, she provided the

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with information that allowed

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, to be

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d to the

to for his role in the kidnapping. She wrote a book about that affair: ''Kidnapped in Yemen: One Woman's Amazing Escape from Captivity'' (The Lyons Press, ). ''

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'' named her as one of two 2014 New Zealanders of the Year.

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