New Zealand Institute of Valuers General Secretary

• Apr 2021 - Present

Driving the NZIV strategy focussing on activities, tasks and objectives of a more technical nature, involving the general day-to-day running of the Institute and supporting NZIV Council to deliver good and effective governance as part of the PINZ National Support Team. Driving the NZIV strategy focussing on activities, tasks and objectives of a more technical nature, involving the general day-to-day running of the Institute and supporting NZIV Council to deliver good and effective governance as part of the PINZ National Support Team.

Registered Valuer, Researcher and Corporate Strategist

• Jul 2017 - Present

Economist & investment analyst specialising in infrastructure projects and housing affordability (particularly large-scale greenfield residential property developments). Registered Valuer (rural and commercial) NZ (No.3592). Portfolio management, analysis and risk assessment profiling. Strategic planner; corporate restructuring / financial engineering. Demographer & Risk Assessment (e.g. impact of earthquakes and other natural disasters, ebb and flow patterns such as drift in rural areas; industry displacement and change). Te Tiriti o Waitangi and property development and tenure impacts on Māori as tangata whenua, and displacement of industries / industry change. Integration of Mātauranga Māori into western science. Linkages of the foregoing with biosecurity and biodiversity in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Researcher - Agriculture, Economics, Policy & Planning,

• Jan 2016 - Present

Māori and Indigenous research expertise - researcher primarily in matters involving biosecurity, as well as Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and rural land development and tenure impacts on Māori as tangata whenua Māori and Indigenous research expertise - researcher primarily in matters involving biosecurity, as well as Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and rural land development and tenure impacts on Māori as tangata whenua

Board Member - Lincoln University Academic Board

• Jan 2015 - Jun 2017

Consultation, debate and resolution of issues concerning academic programs, teaching and research

Senior Lecturer (Faculty of Agribusiness & Commerce)

• Jan 2011 - Jun 2017

Researching & lecturing - property economics, property valuation (rural and commercial specialisation), advanced investment analysis, property portfolio analysis, applied research methods (quantitative and qualitative research design and methodologies). Doctoral/Masters supervision. Faculty Advisory Committee. Tumuaki of Te Whairawa, the Faculty of Commerce Kaupapa Maori Unit. Project leader - qualifications reform (property economics). Published widely.

Board Member

• Jul 2013 - Jun 2016

Lecturer in Property & Urban Development, Faculty of Built Environment & Engineering

• Jun 2005 - Dec 2010

Researching and lecturing: Urban and property economics; corporate finance; advanced investment analysis; property investment; property valuation - rural and commercial specialist; feasibility studies of commercial ventures and property portfolios; management performance analysis and strategic planning; Course Coordinator, Postgraduate Studies (Property Economics). Doctoral and Masters degree supervision. Founder: Urban Economics division: THG Resource Strategies – Brisbane Australia (now known as Veris)

CEO. Managing Director

• Jan 1992 - Jan 2002

CEO of company involved in strategic management consultation, corporate financial planning, specialist valuation services, development of training programs and specialist management tools. Founded operations as Gary O Garner & Associates prior to management buy-out CEO of company involved in strategic management consultation, corporate financial planning, specialist valuation services, development of training programs and specialist management tools. Founded operations as Gary O Garner & Associates prior to management buy-out

Senior Corporate Lending Executive, Corporate Banking Division

• Jan 1990 - Jan 1992

Responsible for lending portfolio of large multinational accounts: financial engineering of corporate products and development of rescue packages avoiding corporate collapse

National Manager Agribusiness

• Feb 1985 - Jan 1990

Established Westpac's National Agribusiness Centre to co-ordinate Westpac's activities in rural Australia, including management of training programs, control of marketing and advertising for the agribusiness sector, act as spokesman to the media, development of products and their management, strategic planning, management information and commodity forecasting, and implementation of rural lending and valuation assessment policy.