Biography

Graham Scott was secretary to the treasury in New Zealand from 1986 to 1993. He was a key figure in advising New Zealand governments at a time of far-reaching reforms to economic policy and public management systems, introducing innovations that have attracted attention internationally.

Dr Scott provides strategic, economic, financial, and management advice for government and corporate clients. For government clients he specialises in governance, structure, financial systems, management reform of commercial and administrative functions, fiscal and economic policy, and regulatory policies. He has worked in 40 countries, large and small, at all stages of development. For his private-sector clients he advises on business strategy and regulatory issues in electricity, oil and gas, telecommunications, rail, and banking.

Dr Scott has a PhD in economics from Duke University, a master of commerce from Canterbury University, and attended the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School. In 1994 he was a visiting scholar at the International Monetary Fund.

Dr Scott has been chairman of the New Zealand Health Funding Authority and the New Zealand Electricity Market. He was awarded the Order of the Companion of the Bath by the Queen in recognition of his contribution to government reform in New Zealand.

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Profile Highlights

Professional Experience Consulting Government Official Corporate Executive International Engagements Academic Professional

Testimony Experience Federal/National State/Provincial Mediation Arbitration

Licenses & Certifications

• Chartered Accountant

Publications

• 08/2003, Technical Assistance for the Management of Contingent Liabilities from Transport Concessions
• 2003, Maladjustments in the Corporatization Model
• 2001, Public Management in New Zealand: Lessons and Challenges
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Employment History

• 1996 to present, LECG Director
• 1999 to present, Southern Cross International Ltd Executive Chairman

Education

• 1972, Duke University, PhD
• 1969, Duke University, MA
• 1966, University of Canterbury, MComm
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