The five members of the government's 2025 productivity taskforce have been named, Minister for Regulatory Reform Rodney Hide announced. The taskforce is headed by former National Party leader Don Brash, who before joining the National Party was Governor of the Reserve Bank. Joining Brash will be: Former Labour Finance Minister (1988-1990) David Caygill who is also current chair of the Electricity Commission, chair of the forthcoming ACC review and is a member of the Regulatory Responsibility Taskforce. Caygill, one of the instigators of 'Rogernomics' in the 1980's, replaced Roger Douglas as Finance Minister in 1988 when Douglas was fired by then Prime Minister David Lange.
Jeremy Moon: founder and chief executive of Icebreaker and chair of Better by Design, a unit within New Zealand Trade and Enterprise. Judith Sloan: Commissioner (part-time) at the Australian Productivity Commission and Commissioner at the Australian Fair Pay Commission. Bryce Wilkinson: Director of Capital Economics, with 12 years experience in public policy analysis at the Treasury and 12 years with an investment bank.
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