Author: Lloyd Kavanagh

As a Senior Partner at MinterEllisonRuddWatts, I am a trusted advisor to leading financial institutions and innovative FinTech in New Zealand. My mission is to help clients successfully navigate their greatest opportunities and challenges in a complex regulatory landscape from funds management, insurance and banking to emerging technologies. My experience helping with transactions and strategic advice has been recognised by inclusion in the Hall of Fame of the Asia Pacific Legal 500 and by Chambers Asia Pacific as a Leading Individual/Band in Financial Services. I have also led in a range of governance roles in business and not for profits: -Board member of the National Provident Fund (2022 - 2025) -Board member Lawyers for Climate Action NZ Inc (2019 - 2023); -Board member The Banking & Financial Services Law Association (2016 - 2021); -Chairman MinterEllisonRuddWatts (2017 - 2018); -Board member MinterEllisonRuddWatts (2010 - 2018); -Director of AMP Services (NZ) Limited and AMP Superannuation (NZ) Limited (2010 -2011); -Advisory board member Transfield Services (NZ) Limited (2007 -2009); -Chairman and lead director on the boards of Soprole SA and Prolesur SA in Chile (2002 -2006); -Member of the Securities Commission of New Zealand (1999 - 2006), including as Acting Chairman. In 2007-8, Lloyd was General Counsel at Landco Land Developments Ltd, through the restructuring and sale to Todd Capital. From1998 to 2006, Lloyd held a number of senior management roles at Fonterra/NZDB, the world’s 6th largest dairy products company, and NZ’s largest corporate. Lloyd has completed the International Directors Programme at INSEAD and the Advanced Management Program at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He holds a Certificate in Corporate Governance from INSEAD, and in Financial Management from Cornell University. Specialties: Governance, Financial Services Regulation, Managed and Investment Funds, International M&A; Government and stakeholder relations – in multinational contexts; High performance project management within complex organizations and multicultural environments.