Presenters

Paul Shallard, Partner, Deloitte
Paul Shallard is a Deloitte Consulting Partner based in Auckland with over 18 years of experience with Deloitte in New Zealand and internationally on a wide range of projects. From improving service delivery and enhancing the customer experience, through to reducing operating costs, Paul works with his clients to design and implement changes to the way they operate as a way to increase enterprise value and to deliver better results. He specialises in sourcing and procurement, strategic cost transformation, and service outsourcing, across the public and private sectors.


Nick Crang, Partner, Duncan Cotterill
Nick specialises in public law, administrative law, competition and regulatory law, and energy law, and leads the nationwide public law practice. His recent work includes advising on competition issues under Part 2 of the Commerce Act and in mergers, pricing for monopoly infrastructure services, telecommunication deals, mergers in the public sector, funding arrangements and other contracts in the public sector. He has advised on regulation in the broadcasting sector, and decisions under electricity and telecommunication laws. Nick works for government departments, Crown entities, regulators, and other organisations in the public sector, such as industry training organisations. In the private sector, he works for telecommunication, energy and broadcasting companies, airports and seaports.