Dame Janet Marie Shroff DNZM CVO (born 1944) is a New Zealand public servant who served as the Cabinet Secretary and then as Privacy Commissioner. Shroff was born in Auckland and educated at Epsom Girls' Grammar School and the University of Auckland. She worked as a research assistant for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFAT) and then as a journalist for the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation. Her husband also worked for MFAT, and so she worked as a teacher at Samoa College, and then for the UK Cabinet Office during his foreign postings. On her return to New Zealand she worked for the State Services Commission in policy development and then on the creation of State-owned Enterprises.