Our people

The Patron of the New Zealand Centre for Law and Business is Sir Peter Blanchard. The Directors oversees the day-to-day activities of the Centre. The current Directors are Professor Craig Elliffe (Chair), Professor Tana and Marcus Roberts. Other members comprise Auckland Law School, Business School academics and honorary members.

Professor Craig Ellife

Craig Ellifw  is a Professor of Law specialising in taxation, with extensive experience in both academia and the private sector. Appointed to a chair in 2008 after 14 years as a tax partner at KPMG and 9 years at Chapman Tripp, Craig's research focuses on international tax, corporate tax, and tax avoidance. He is the author of International and Cross-Border Taxation in New Zealand (Thomson Reuters, 3rd edition), which won the JF Northey best law book award in 2015, as well as Dividend Imputation: Practice and Procedure (Lexis). Craig also directs the MTaxS programme, New Zealand's leading postgraduate tax course, and was a member of the Government's Tax Working Group (TWG) in 2018/19.

Professor Tana Pistorius

Tana Pistorius is a Professor of Commercial Law and Head of the Department of Commercial Law at the University of Auckland Business School (UABS). She previously held the South African Research Chair in Law, Society, and Technology at the University of South Africa. Tana is a qualified attorney and notary, with extensive experience in intellectual property law, and serves as a senior adjudicator on the .za domain-name dispute resolution panel. She has also been actively involved in international policy development, including projects with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).4o