Craig Renney is a New Zealand Labour Party politician who has stood as the Labour candidate for the Wellington Bays electorate [29][30].
According to a single reputable secondary source, Renney's educational background spans several institutions. He is reported to have attended the University of Stirling from 1997 [26][28], and sources indicate study at the Prague University of Economics and Business from around 2000 [25][27]. Sources disagree on the period of his attendance at Northumbria University — one variant places this from 2002, while another places it from 2010 [24]. A single secondary source also reports attendance at Harvard University [23].
Renney's early career, according to single secondary sources, included a role as a Researcher at New College Durham from around 2002 [6], followed by a position as Policy Officer for Economic Affairs at the Association of North East Councils/North East Assembly from around 2004 [4]. He is also reported to have undertaken economic research in regional economic development and value-for-money analysis in the United Kingdom [12], and to have worked at the Audit Commission, including as Research Manager from around 2007 [5][16].
According to single secondary sources, Renney subsequently moved into consultancy and public sector roles, including a position as Adviser in Public Sector Consultancy at Mazars UK from around 2012 [1], and a reported association with Siemens [17]. He is also reported to have worked as an Analyst at the New Zealand Treasury from around 2012 [2][14], as a Senior Policy Advisor at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment from around 2014 [10][21], and on secondment as a Senior Analyst in the Macro Financial Department at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand from around 2015 [7][22].
From around 2016, according to single secondary sources, Renney held a role as Senior Economic Advisor in the Office of the Leader of the Opposition at the New Zealand Parliament [9], before moving to a Senior Economic Advisor role to the Minister of Finance from around 2017 [8][19]. He is also reported to have served as an adviser to the Labour government from 2017 [11][18]. From around 2020, a single secondary source reports that he held the role of Economist and Director of Policy at the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions [3][13][15].