Defence Review 2009

Robert A McLeod

Rob is Managing Partner of Ernst & Young New Zealand and is a specialist tax practitioner. He chairs the NZ Business Roundtable, has previously chaired the NZ Institute of Chartered Accountants Tax Committee and was Chairman of the Government’s Tax Review 2001. In 2008 Rob was appointed as a member of the Capital Markets Task Force and as Lead Negotiator for Te Haeata ( Ngati Porou Hapu Treaty Settlement Committee). He has recently been appointed to the Maori Economic Development Ministerial Taskforce, the Independent Ministerial Advisory Panel for the Defence Review, the National Infrastructure Advisory Board and a new Tax Working Group to assist Government.
Rob has been a specialist tax practitioner for over 25 years with experience in all facets of taxation. His primary specialisation has been New Zealand corporate income tax, but he has also had extensive experience in trusts, estate planning and international tax.
From October 2004 to June 2007, Rob was a professional director and business and taxation advisor.
From April 2002 - September 2004 Rob was Chairman of Ernst Young.
From January 2002 - March 2002 Rob was Managing Partner of Arthur Andersen.
Rob’s previous directorships included: Telecom New Zealand Limited and Skycity Entertainment Group Limited; ANZ National Bank Limited; Sealord Group Limited; Tainui Group Holdings Limited; Aotearoa Fisheries Limited; Raukura Moana Fisheries Limited; Gulliver Travel Group Limited; Te Ohu Kai Moana Trustee Limited and Hui Taumata Trustee Limited.
Rob’s past appointments include: Commissioner of Waitangi Fisheries Commission; Chair of Government Tax Review 2001; Towards 2005 Taskforce; Organisational Review of Inland Revenue Department; Ministerial (Todd) Taskforce on Tertiary Education; and Government Appointed Consultative Committee on Taxation of Income from Capital (Valabh Committee).