Penelope Elsie Simmonds is a New Zealand politician, Member of Parliament and a Minister in the House of Representatives for the National Party. She previously served as the chief executive of the Southern Institute of Technology. Following the 2023 New Zealand general election, Simmonds assumed the disability issues, environmental, tertiary education and skills, and associate social development and employment portfolios in the Sixth National Government. In April 2026, Simmonds joined the New Zealand Cabinet and gained the tertiary education and science, innovation and technology portfolios.
- Occupation
- politician, political candidate
- Position held
- Member of the New Zealand Parliament
- Citizenship
- New Zealand
