Dr Suzy Morrissey FCA

Suzy joined the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) in 2024. In addition to being the Deputy Director, she also manages the PPI's research programme and policy research and modelling teams.

Suzy brings over 20 years' experience from both the public and private sectors.  After leaving the UK following university, she started her career working for global consulting firms in Australia and New Zealand, providing taxation advice to multinational organisations.  She then moved to the public sector and held several senior positions in the New Zealand civil service, including at Treasury and the Retirement Commission. 

She has been a regular presenter and commentator on pensions, including the gender pensions gap, as well as on broader issues related to older people and welfare, and on wellbeing economics.

In 2018, Suzy was conferred Fellowship (FCA) by Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the profession.

In her spare time, Suzy is trying to find time to start playing golf again, and enjoys reading fiction as part of a book club.

Suzy has a Master’s degree in Applied Taxation from the University of New South Wales and a PhD in Taxation (policy and gender) from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.