Dr Graham Scott is the Executive Chairman of Southern Cross Advisers Ltd. Graham has a background in economics, accounting and management. He has been delivering advisory services in the area of public sector reform in emerging and transitional countries since 1993. Graham’s extensive experience includes Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. He has focused on financial management issues, including fiscal frameworks, revenue enhancement, budget planning, regulatory reform and privatisation matters.

Graham has advised the World Bank on improving the approach to the management and resolution of internal conflicts, and its approach to public management advisory services.

Prior to his involvement in international consulting work, Graham was Secretary (CEO) to the New Zealand Treasury (equivalent of the Ministry of Finance), and led the New Zealand public financial management reforms, including the move to performance-based budgeting.

Among his many roles, Graham has served as Assistant Commissioner to the New Zealand State Services Commission, working on improvements in public management, and purchase adviser to the Minister of Finance in New Zealand. He has held positions as the Chair of government agencies in the health sector and New Zealand’s wholesale electricity market. Graham has published widely on public sector management and has been a keynote speaker at numerous events worldwide including conferences organised by the World Bank, the United Nations and the OECD.

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Dr Lynne McKenzie, Managing Director, is a public management and finance adviser with training in law and economics. Lynne has worked extensively with many countries on strengthening financial management, including improving the legal framework by drafting laws and advising on amendments. She has worked extensively with governments in emerging and transition countries to improve policy making, planning, budgeting, performance specification, reporting and monitoring.

Her assignments have included adviser on: budgeting reforms in Vietnam, Armenia and Kazakhstan; IMF projects on fiscal responsibility and performance budgeting in several African countries; improvements to health sector arrangements in New Zealand and Kosovo; performance requirements for government entities in Uganda, Armenia, Mauritius; institutional changes to improve productivity and other aspects of performance in government agencies in many countries; and contract design for large scale service contracting.

Lynne’s experience as a senior manager in the New Zealand public service includes the successful contracting for public services valued at over US$3 billion, as well as many other responsibilities such as organisational redesign and developing the capability of analytical staff.

Lynne’s change management experience includes management responsibility for the merger of four large New Zealand agencies and management of many of the consequent aspects of institutional development.

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