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Don Brash
Don Brash is the Leader of the ACT Party. He was previously elected to Parliament in 2002 and became leader of the opposition in 2003.
With a wide background in public policy, Don chaired the Government's 2025 Taskforce, charged with investigating the reasons for the recent decline in New Zealand's productivity performance, identifying superior institutions and policies in Australia and other more successful countries, and making recommendations on the steps needed for New Zealand to achieve
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Catherine Isaac
Catherine Isaac is managing director of Awaroa Partners, a Wellington-based communications and public relations firm. She was president of ACT New Zealand from 2001 to 2006 and is currently chair of the Karori Sanctuary Trust. Previously she was communications and public affairs manager of the National Provident Fund and has had extensive experience in the superannuation industry.
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Don Nicolson
Don Nicolson has been self-employed since 1979 with his 212 hectare farm.
Don is a former president of Federated Farmers. He previously served on its National Board of and was the president of Federated Farmers Southland. He has also been chairman of the Local Government Forum and a trustee of the Southland Electric Power Supply Consumer Trust.
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John Banks
John Banks is the managing partner at Christopher & Banks Private Equity Limited. He has been in business for 45 years and is a director of a number of New Zealand companies. His business experience spans food, entertainment, health, education, distribution, property, venture capital and funds management.
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David Seymour
David Seymour is currently on sabbatical from his role as a senior policy analyst at the Canadian think tank the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. In his position David works to develop and popularise new public policy ideas through newspaper op-eds published in major Canadian dailies, live media interviews, and speaking engagements. This year he published his first book on public policy: 'Birth of a Boom: Saskatchewan's Dawning Golden Age'.
Prior to his current role, he worked as an electri
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Chris Simmons
Chris Simmons has been self-employed in the management consultancy industry for 18 years. During that time he has been involved in consulting and publishing and several internet businesses.
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STEPHEN WHITTINGTON
Stephen Whittington currently works in the tax law team for a large corporate firm in Wellington City. Previously Stephen worked as an advisor to Hon Sir Roger Douglas in Parliament.
Stephen holds a LLB (Hons) and a BA in Latin from The Victoria University of Wellington.
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