The Path Back

The Path BThe TPD Editor is a New Zealand business leader and advisor with decades of experience in organisational transformation, governance, and economic development. His career spans senior executive roles across education, commercial enterprises, and international operations, giving him a broad perspective on how organisations — and economies — adapt under pressure.

He has held multiple chief executive positions, led major restructures, and spent many years in senior advisory roles within a global professional‑services environment, working with large organisations on strategy, financial structuring, and performance improvement. His leadership experience also includes export‑focused businesses and nationally integrated operations, providing insight into market dynamics, capability building, and the economics of high‑skill sectors.

His governance work covers board leadership, organisational turnarounds, and oversight of significant community and public‑sector initiatives, including large capital projects. Across all of these roles, he has focused on the fundamentals that drive economic performance: productivity, investment, organisational capability, incentives, and structural settings.

The Path Back draws on this lifetime of practical experience to examine why New Zealand’s economic trajectory shifted in the 1970s, why productivity has stalled, and what it will take to rebuild a high‑value, high‑confidence economy.ack