About us

The Financial Advisers Act established a Commissioner for Financial Advisers and required this person to appoint an independent Code Committee of between seven and 11 members.

We are responsible for developing a draft Code of Conduct for Authorised Financial Advisers.

The Code Committee has the following 8 members:

Sue Brown, Wellington
Director Primary Markets, Securities Commission
25 years experience in financial services law in New Zealand, Australia and the UK .

Ross Butler, Nelson (Chair)
Professional and independent director
Former Executive Chair and Director of GIO Financial Services Australia and chair of the Institute of Financial Advisers of New Zealand (IFA)

Pip Dunphy, Auckland
Independent director
Current positions include: Chair, Mint Asset Management; Director, New Zealand Post; Director, Crown Health Financing Agency; Director, Accident Compensation Corporation; Council member, AUT and Monetary Policy Adviser to the Governor of the Reserve Bank.

Shane Edmond, Christchurch
Manager of Retail Broking, Forsyth Barr Ltd
22 years experience in stockbroking/investment adviser industry.

David Ireland, Wellington
Partner, Kensington Swan
18 years experience in financial services law. Chair, Association of Superannuation Funds of New Zealand.

David Russell, Wellington
Consumer issues consultant and director
Directorships include: Chair, Telecommunications Dispute Resolution Council and member of the Real Estate Agents Licensing Board. Former Chief Executive of the Consumers' Institute.

Michael Staal, Auckland
Joint Managing Director of: New Zealand Financial Planning Company Limited, NZFP Asset Management Limited and Auckland Financial Services Limited

Gary Young, Auckland
Chief Executive, Insurance Brokers Association of New Zealand Inc (IBANZ). 27 years experience in insurance broking.