Ian Kuperus, Trustee
Ian is the founder of Tax Management NZ, Business and Social Entrepreneur.
Geof Nightingale, Chair
Geof has leadership and governance experience in professional services and the tertiary sector. He is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants ANZ and has been a professional advisor for 36 years including 17 years as partner at PwC New Zealand.
Geof has a deep interest in public policy and in particular tax policy and has previously served as chair of the Tax Advisory Group of Chartered Accountants ANZ, as a member of the 2009 and 2019 Tax Working Groups, and as a member of the Commissioner of Inland Revenue’s Business Transformation Reference Group.
David McLay, Trustee
David specialises in tax, trust and charities law.
Committee members
Geof Nightingale – Independent advisor
Jeremy Beckham – Senior Lecturer, Commercial Law, University of Auckland
David McLay – Barrister
Chris Cunniffe – Strategic Advisor, TMNZ
John Payne – Head of Tax, Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation
Vivien Lei – Senior Group Tax Advisor, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare
Felicity Barker – Policy Lead, Economics, Inland Revenue
Kathleen Payne – Director of Tax Pooling Services, TMNZ
Our investment programmes
Public Symposium
On high interest topics such as the 2018 Tax Working Group interim and final reports the trusts aspiration is for key industry stakeholders to access decision makers and be able to understand and contribute to positive outcomes.
Lecture Visit
The Tax Policy Lecture Visit will sponsor to New Zealand leading international thinkers on tax policy and help to ensure that tax policy in New Zealand is informed by the best thinking from overseas.
The Lecture Visit will be discussed and agreed with the visiting candidate; however a multi-day programme is envisaged, including public lectures.