John Shewan

John Shewan is Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers New Zealand.  He is also a specialist tax partner, and works extensively in tax policy and international tax.

John chaired the New Zealand Government's Tax Education Office from 1988 to 1998, and is a previous Chair of the National Taxation Committee of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants.  He currently chairs the New Zealand Tax Working Group of the Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum.

John is a graduate of Victoria University having completed a BCA at the Faculty. He has a close interest in education, and chairs Samuel Marsden Collegiate School, an independent School in Wellington.  He is also a member of the Advisory Board of Victoria University's Centre for Accounting, Taxation and Governance Research. 

Robert Buckle

Professor Robert Buckle is the Dean for the Faculty of Commerce and Administration. Please visit his staff profile page to learn about his areas of responsibilities and interests.

Matt Benge

Matt Benge is Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Policy Development at the Inland Revenue Department.  Matt joined Inland Revenue in 2004 after 17 years in Australia where he studied and subsequently lectured in economics at the Australian National University.  He has a BA and BSc from Victoria University and an MEc and PhD in economics from the Australian National University.   Early in his career he was an advisor in Treasury where he worked on tax policy issues. 

Peter Bushnell

Peter Bushnell is Deputy Secretary to the Treasury currently with responsibility for debt management and for budget & macroeconomic advice.  Prior to joining Treasury in 1987, Peter was at the Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries responsible for economic advice on agriculture.  He has a M.Agr Sc from Lincoln University, and a MS-Phd from University of California, Davis.

Rob Cameron

Rob established Cameron Partners in July 1995. With more than 20 years' experience he is recognised as one of New Zealand's most experienced and skilled investment bankers. Rob has led many of New Zealand's high-profile transactions and advisory mandates over a number of years. Recent major mandates include advising the Independent Directors of Carter Holt Harvey in relation to the takeover offer from Rank Group Limited, advisor to Fletcher Challenge Forests on the sale of forest assets, and Wrightson on a range of initiatives including the sale of Wrightson Farmers Finance. 

In 2001 Rob was appointed leader in the Crown negotiating team to resolve regulatory and commercial issues in relation to a proposed recapitalisation of Air New Zealand. Subsequently, with his colleague Murdo Beattie, he co-led the negotiations on behalf of the Crown which led to the restructuring and recapitalisation of Air New Zealand. Previously Rob has led teams advising Bell Atlantic and Ameritech on the acquisition of Telecom New Zealand, and managing the public float of Telecom New Zealand.

Early in his career Rob was a senior advisor at the Treasury where he played a central role in the policy development and formulation of the State Owned Enterprise Model. He joined one of New Zealand's major sharebroking firms in 1984 and became Head of Research. In 1987 he established the investment banking services of Fay, Richwhite & Company Limited.

He has a BCA in Economics with first class Honours from Victoria University and an MPA (Finance & Economics) from Harvard University.  He is a Harkness Fellow, a Hunter Fellow of Victoria University, a member of the Board of Trustees of Special Olympics New Zealand and a member of the Advisory Board for the Victoria University School of Government and is the current Chair of the Institute for the Study of Competition Research (ISCR) Board.

Rod Drury

Rod Drury is CEO and founder of small business accounting software provider Xero, which listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange in 2007.

He is an Honorary Fellow of the New Zealand Computer Society, earned a World Class New Zealander award in 2008 and was New Zealand Hi-Tech Entrepreneur of the Year in 2006 and 2007.

Rod sits on the advisory board of Trade Me, is a member of the New Zealand Trade and Enterprise Beachheads Advisory Board and a member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors.

Rod completed his BCA at Victoria in 1987.

Ria Earp

Ria Earp took up the position of Chief Executive, Mary Potter Hospice mid 2006. This move follows an extensive career in the public service working across a range of government departments; Youth Affairs, Te Puni K�kiri, Women's Affairs and Health.

Within the public service, Ria managed a variety of social policy and social programmes as well as taking corporate management roles.

Ria established and managed the M�ori ACCESS employment training scheme (Department of M�ori Affairs), and was the Director of the Establishment Unit Youth Affairs that was responsible for setting up the Ministry of Youth Affairs.

Prior to moving to Mary Potter Hospice, Ria held the position of Deputy Director General, M�ori Health in the Ministry of Health for nine years. In this position, Ria was responsible for M�ori Health policy and the development support of over 230 M�ori health providers during the significant changes in the health sector structures.

Ria is of Te Arawa descent, Ngati Pikao and Ngati Whakane. She holds a BA (Anthropology major), Applied Masters in Social Work and MBA, all from Victoria University.

Iain Fraser

Fellow PMINZ, PMP

Iain is internationally recognised for his expertise, experience and insights on project-based management approaches. He is Managing Director (CEO) of Project Plus Ltd, a management consulting organisation with a specific focus on the provision of total project-based management services across many industry sectors and delivered globally. Iain is also an active member of the Institute of Directors New Zealand and is listed in the International Who's Who of Professionals directory. Recently he accepted an invitation from the First Minister of Scotland to join the globalScot network of business leaders around the world.

He is a highly experienced project director and manager as well as an adult training provider combining theory, best practice and style in a manner that consistently gets excellent feedback from clients around the globe. He is an accredited Project Management Professional (PMP) and Fellow of PMI New Zealand and has been involved with project management for nearly 30 years within the engineering, oil & gas, utility, IT, defence and telecommunications industries around the world.

Iain has been very active within PMI globally and is currently Immediate Past Chair following a term as Chairman of the Board of Directors in 2006 and Vice Chair in 2005. He was first elected to the Board in 2003. Prior to that he has held the position of Director of Regional Advocacy for the Asia/Pacific region, covering 8 separate countries. He served 3 years on the global Board of Directors Nominations Committee and was Chair in 2001. Iain is a founding member of PMI in New Zealand. He served as Vice President in 1995, National President in 1997 and 1998 (receiving five international awards) and Immediate Past President in 1999 and 2000. During 1997 Iain was one of only 65 members that met in Texas, USA to debate and set the current PMI By-Laws.

His passion and expertise means he is regularly called upon to speak at business forums and conferences, act as MC and Chair and deliver workshops on project-based management related topics to businesses, governments and at various conferences and seminars around the world.

Many of his written white papers have been published in formal business magazines.

Paul Healy (Corresponding member)

Paul Healy joined Harvard Business School in 1997 and is currently the James R. Williston Professorship of Business Administration, and Chair of the Accounting & Management unit.

Professor Healy received his BCA Honors (1st Class) in Accounting and Finance from Victoria University, New Zealand in 1977, his Masters in Economics from the University of Rochester in 1981, his PhD in Business from the University of Rochester in 1983, and is a New Zealand ACA. Prior to joining Harvard, Professor Healy was on the faculty at the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management, where he received awards for teaching excellence in 1991, 1992, and 1997. In 1993-94 he served as Deputy Dean at the Sloan School.

Professor Healy's research focuses on equity research, financial reporting and disclosure, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, and managerial compensation. His work has been published in leading journals in accounting and finance. He is also the coauthor of the leading financial analysis and valuation textbook. His research awards include the AICPA/AAA Notable Contribution Award for outstanding contributions to research (in 1990 and 1998) and the AICPA/AAA's Wildman Medal for contributions to the practice (in 1997).

Professor Paul Healy was invited as an international corresponding member in April 2009.

Jennifer Moxon

Jennifer Moxon was appointed to the role of Managing Director of IBM New Zealand in March 2009.

Jennifer originally joined IBM in 1983 and has held a variety of senior roles in both Australia and New Zealand.  Prior to taking up the role of Managing Director for IBM New Zealand, Jennifer was Director, Distribution and Industrial Sector for IBM Australia/New Zealand.  Earlier in her career, she held roles as Government Manager and South Island Manager for IBM New Zealand, as well as Client Director responsible for IBM�s business in the telecommunications industry in Australia.

Jennifer is a graduate of Victoria University of Wellington with degrees in Business and Psychology.  She has also completed the Business Leadership Programme at Harvard Business School and the Business Skills Program at the University of Virginia�s Darden School of Business.

Jennifer is keen on outdoor sports and has competed in triathlons and played squash and tennis at national levels.  She also plays the piano and is an avid rugby fan.

Geof Nightingale (ex-officio member)

Geof is a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Auckland.  He specialises in taxation and works in the area of corporate tax and tax policy.

He is recognised as an ex-officio member of the Advisory Board, relating to his role as Chair of the Centre for Accounting, Governance and Taxation Research.

He also chairs the National Tax Committee of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants and in that role has had an extensive involvement with Government in the development of tax policy and the operation of the tax system in New Zealand.  He has recently been appointed to the Tax Working Group, a joint Victoria University and Government group tasked with identifying medium-term policy options for New Zealand's tax system.

Geof is a chartered accountant and a member of the International Fiscal Association.

Peter Stevens

Dr Peter Stevens has been Chief Executive of standards agency GS1 New Zealand since January 2004. Before joining GS1, Peter had a successful career spanning academic, commercial and public sector environments. Before GS1 New Zealand, his most recent appointment was Senior Manager in the Strategy & Business Transformation group and member of the BearingPoint New Zealand management team.
 
From 1998-2002 Peter was General Manager of Standards New Zealand.  Peter helped Standards New Zealand make the transition to a market-focused organisation from a company that was perilously close to shutting the doors. Initiatives led by Peter won a New Zealand Marketing Award in 1999 and placed runner-up in the KPMG Innovation Awards (2002).

Prior to Standards New Zealand, Peter has been a Senior Lecturer in high technology marketing at Victoria University of Wellington, and market-development specialist for Apple Computer. From 2000-2003 Peter served as an Adjunct Professor at Unitec Institute of Technology in the Department of Information Systems & Computing.

Peter has a PhD in Science and post-graduate qualifications in Marketing.

In his spare time, Peter loves going on adventures with his young daughters (at the beach, into the Waikanae swamp, or in the bush), is proficient at DIY and is proud of his personal best speed of 91kph on his sand yacht.

Professor Pat Walsh (ex-officio member)

As Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of the University, Professor Walsh is both the administrative and academic head of the University. He is responsible for ensuring that the University carries out its statutory and contractual functions in teaching, research and community service. He is the employer of all staff in the University and chair of the Senior Management Team. He is also chair of the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors'  Committee on University Academic Programmes.

Professor Leslie Young (Corresponding member)

In 1992 Leslie took up the position of Professor of Finance at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. In this position he has been the Executive Director of the Asia Pacific Institute of Business since 1993, enlarging the extent and standing of its programmes on an international basis. He retains a keen interest in New Zealand and Victoria University. He has acted as an Adjunct Professor to the School of Economics & Finance, presenting seminars and initiating and aiding development of this University�s programme for international students.  In 2003 he was presented with an Honorary Doctorate in Commerce from Victoria University.

Leslie is a graduate of Victoria, having studied a BSc and MSc.  He then went on to complete a  PhD degree at Oxford University.  

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