Bernard Ashwin

Sir Bernard Carl Ashwin KBE CMG (22 September 1896 – 12 February 1975) was a New Zealand senior public servant and economist. He was born in Paeroa, New Zealand, on 22 September 1896.^[1]

Ashwin in 1943

He was Secretary (i.e. head) of the New Zealand Treasury from 1939 to 1955.

Ashwin was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1946 New Year Honours.^[2] In 1953, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.^[3] In the 1956 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.^[4]