Peter Mersi
Tel: 04 439 9000
Fax: 04 439 9006
Peter Mersi has been Chief Executive at the Ministry of Transport and Secretary for Transport since 18 July 2016, and was previously Chief Executive of Land Information New Zealand (LINZ).
Before leading LINZ, Peter was the Deputy Commissioner for Business Transformation at Inland Revenue, and Acting Secretary for Internal Affairs and Chief Executive of the Department of Internal Affairs.
From 2003 to 2010 Peter was Deputy Secretary, State Sector Performance Group at The Treasury, providing budget analysis and advice in the areas of education, health, justice, labour markets, defence, social development, and the public sector management system.
Peter holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Administration in Economics from Victoria University, Wellington.
The Chief Executive has management responsibility for members of the Ministry Leadership Team.
Andrew Jackson
Tel: 04 439 9000
Fax: 04 439 9006
Andrew has been Deputy Chief Executive of the Ministry of Transport since August 2011, and Acting Chief Executive since 1 July 2016. He also leads the Specialist Advice and Strategy Group.
Andrew was previously Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Development, where he was responsible for policy relating to regulation of financial markets, company law, intellectual property and competition law, and trade tariff policy.
Peter Mersi has been appointed as Chief Executive, and takes up this role on 18 July 2016.