Lifting the quality of government expenditure & investment

Webcast

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Date: 8:15am — 9:00am, 19 March 2021
Venue: Online
Location: Online
Price members: $30.00 incl GST
Price non-members: $50.00 incl GST

Overview

The Minister will outline his perspectives on the economic path for New Zealand in the years ahead, and the challenges in lifting the quality of government expenditure and investment.

Thank you to our event sponsor KPMG.

Hon Grant Robertson

Hon Grant Robertson was appointed Deputy Prime Minister in the 2020 Labour Government, alongside Minister of Finance, Minister for Infrastructure, Minister for Racing, Minister for Sport and Recreation, and Minister Responsible for the Earthquake Commission.

Grant joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 1997 where he managed the New Zealand Overseas Aid Programme to Samoa. He was then posted to the United Nations in New York, working on global environment and development issues.

On returning to New Zealand, he became an advisor to former Prime Minister Helen Clark. Following this, he took a business development role with the University of Otago, working with researchers, investors and businesses to develop and commercialise the university’s world-leading research.

Grant’s belief in social justice and a desire to see every New Zealander achieve their potential led him to politics, and he has been the Member of Parliament for Wellington Central since November 2008. In opposition, Grant held a range of portfolios, including Finance from 2014 to 2017.

Grant was born in Palmerston North and lived in Hastings before his family settled in Dunedin.

He studied politics at Otago, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in 1995. At university he was the President of the Otago University Students’ Association and became Co-President of the New Zealand University Students Association.