• Advisers who have held key management roles including CEOs and senior managers in ministries and departments in governments during periods of significant reforms to successfully improve performance in these institutions.
• Financial, legal, social sector and economic analysts with in-depth experience in advising government ministers and senior officials on a large range of areas - includes public expenditure management experts with experience assisting governments in transition and developing countries to move from line item budgets to expenditure linked to non-financial performance.
• Policy advice, planning and budgeting advisers with experience at the local government level - includes experience in linking these functions through various levels of government.
• Governance advisers with experience in designing accountability arrangements for agencies - includes former board members and senior managers from a variety of public sector agencies with regulatory functions and service provision functions.
• Analysts with experience in costing and pricing services in monopoly situations and in emerging markets.
• Strategic planning, HR and organisational development advisers with experience in many sectors- includes health, education, energy, revenue, environment, social services, labour, transport, trade, regional and urban development, agriculture and justice.
• Lawyers with experience in law drafting, designing incentive based contracts, providing legal advice to governments in many sectors, and delivering improvements in services in the justice sector.
• Transport and infrastructure consultants with experience in over 30 countries on DFID, World Bank and other assignments.

Southern Cross Advisers also has links with several former Ministers from New Zealand governments with experience in finance, energy, infrastructure, defence, and other portfolios.