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Panel Members
Panel members of the Independent Inquiry into Local Government Rates were selected on the basis of their combined experience relevant to local government and the raft of skills and expertise in rating systems, taxation and financial management, governance and community participation and well-being.
David Shand – chairperson
 | Mr Shand has extensive international financial experience, most recently for over eight years as a public financial management specialist at both the World Bank and the IMF – International Monetary Fund.
He has also worked with the OECD. He has held a number of senior positions in state and federal government in Australia, including Deputy Secretary of the Victorian Treasury and Queensland Public Service Commissioner.
In the early 1970s Mr Shand was a city councillor with the Wellington City Council. Mr Shand is also a Director of Meridian Energy Ltd.
He is a former University lecturer in public sector accounting and budgeting and has published numerous articles on public management – in areas of public financial management. |
Graeme Horsley – panel member
 | Mr Horsley is a former partner of Ernst & Young’s corporate finance practice and is widely recognised as an expert in property investment and valuation.
He is a Life Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Valuers (NZIV). He was for 12 years the NZIV representative on the International Valuation Standards Committee, and was chair of the Committee between 1989 and 1993.
He is chair of Ngati Whatua o Orakei Corporation, deputy chair of the Bay of Plenty District Health Board an independent director of the AMP NZ Office Trust management company and he has held a number of other directorships including Carter Group Ltd, Trustbank Wellington and Housing New Zealand.
Mr Horsley also has international experience of the real estate sector undertaking consulting assignments in Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. More recently he has focused on major corporate and public sector issues in investment and economic analysis. |
Dr Christine Cheyne – panel member
 | Dr Cheyne is a senior lecturer at Massey University. She has studied and written on local government in New Zealand.
She is an environmental sustainability representative on the Horizons Regional Council Regional Land Transport Committee, and is a member of the Taranaki/Whanganui Conservation Board. She has previously worked in planning and research for the Palmerston North City Council.
Dr Cheyne has specialist knowledge in the community welfare aspect of local government, including community planning, representation, participation and well-being which has been the focus of her research and work.
In addition she has contributed to publications on local government leadership, decision-making and governance. |
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