Nick Davis

For more than 20 years, Nick has advised central and local government and industry clients on a wide range of strategy and policy issues, including leading major policy reforms and machinery-of-government changes.

Nick has specialist skills in public-policy analysis, public-sector financial management, and economic and financial analysis.

He has the rare ability to combine complex systems thinking with down-to-earth, pragmatic analysis and advice. His strength is breaking down problems to their essence and packaging advice to decision makers in ways that enable them to confidently make decisions.

Before joining MartinJenkins in 2004, Nick held senior policy roles at the NZ Treasury and Ministry of Economic Development, and worked as an analyst at Merrill Lynch International in London.

Examples of Nick's work

• Nick has played a leading role in water-services reform, including advising on service-delivery models under Local Water Done Well and the financial separation and interim economic regulation of Watercare
• Managing multi-agency Budget processes in the natural-resource and education sectors
• Leading machinery-of-government advice to support the establishment of new entities and the transfer of functions between agencies
• Delivering a large number of business cases, Budget bids, cost-benefit analyses, and economic-impact studies
• Undertaking high-profile evaluations and strategic reviews for a wide range of New Zealand and international agencies.