# Chris Mace

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{{short description|New Zealand businessman}}
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| name               = Sir Chris Mace
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| caption            = Mace in 2016
| birth_name         = Christopher Robert Mace
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'''Sir Christopher Robert Mace''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|KNZM|size=85%}} (born {{Birth based on age as of date|72|2016|06|06|noage=1}})<ref name="NBR">{{cite news |url=https://www.nbr.co.nz/article/queen-birthday-honours-2016-sir-christopher-mace-op-189980 |title=Queen's Birthday Honours 2016: Sir Christopher Mace (knight) |first=Owen |last=Poland |date=6 June 2016 |work=NBR |access-date=12 June 2021}}</ref> is a New Zealand businessman. In the [2005 New Year Honours](/source/2005_New_Year_Honours_(New_Zealand)), he was appointed a [Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit](/source/Companion_of_the_New_Zealand_Order_of_Merit), for services to the Antarctic and the community,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2005 | title=New Year honours list 2005 |date=31 December 2004 | publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | accessdate=13 August 2019}}</ref> and in the [2016 Queen's Birthday Honours](/source/2016_Birthday_Honours_(New_Zealand)), he was promoted to [Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit](/source/Knight_Companion_of_the_New_Zealand_Order_of_Merit), for services to science and education.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-90th-birthday-honours-list-2016 |title=Queen's 90th Birthday honours list 2016 |date=6 June 2016 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |accessdate=13 August 2019}}</ref>

Mace served as chair of the board of [Antarctica New Zealand](/source/Antarctica_New_Zealand) from its establishment in 1996 until 2003, and [Mount Mace](/source/Mount_Mace) in Antarctica is named in his honour.<ref name="NBR"/><ref>{{cite gnis |type=antarid |id=18504 |name=Mount Mace |access-date=12 June 2021}}</ref>

In 2015, Mace was inducted into the [New Zealand Business Hall of Fame](/source/New_Zealand_Business_Hall_of_Fame).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businesshalloffame.co.nz/past-laureates/ |title=Past laureates |website=Business Hall of Fame |access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref>

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