Barry’s mediation skills and experience, combined with 25 years as a forensic accountant, insolvency specialist and commercial negotiator, see him uniquely placed to deliver workable resolutions across a broad range of commercial disputes.

He is an accredited mediator with LEADR (now Resolution Institute), and an AMINZ Panel Mediator.

Barry also trained at Pepperdine University’s Law faculty in California, working closely with overseas mediation experts. This internationally respected programme focuses on the various stages of the process, identifying and working with different negotiation styles, and facilitating problem-solving in cultures across the world.

Before practising as a commercial mediator, Barry was the senior Forensic Partner at Deloitte and a partner at McCallum Petterson. Whilst he still assists Deloitte and its clients with a small number of continuing forensic matters, he no longer has any beneficial interest in Deloitte. 

He is a Fellow Chartered Accountant (CAANZ) and a Certified Fraud Examiner, having conducted several hundred investigations into white-collar crime and probity matters. He was also previously an Accredited Insolvency Practitioner (RITANZ).

From July 2019 to March 2020, Barry was Chair of the New Zealand Institute of Skill and Technology (NZIST) Establishment Board, appointed by Hon. Chris Hipkins, Minister of Education. NZIST (now Te Pukenga) encompasses 16 polytechnics with 8,500 staff, 260,000 learners and $2.5 billion. Whilst this Chair role is now complete, Barry remained involved with the sector as a Board Director of two of the polytechnics (UCOL and SIT) until the end of 2022. He still has advisory roles for Te Pukenga in relation to the Telford campus and its relationship with the Telford Farm Board, owners of the 856-hectare educational facility near Balclutha..

As part of his governance roles, Barry was Director/Chair of Finance, Risk and Audit at UCOL Limited, Director/Chair of Finance, Risk and Audit at Southern Institute of Technology Limited and a Director of Southern Lakes English College Limited. He is also a Council Member of the Arbitrators and Mediators Association of New Zealand (AMINZ).

In July 2023 Barry was appointed Chair and Independent Director of Telecommunication Disputes Resolution Limited, facilitating the fair and equitable resolution of complaints relating to telecommunications services in New Zealand.

Barry also takes the opportunity to give back to the community by lending his professional skills to a number of non-profit organisations.

• He was Treasurer for his son Jack’s hockey team at Onslow College and helped secondary school sport navigate the financial challenges of COVID-19. He was also Treasurer at Karori Junior Hockey Club for 3 years.

• Barry is also Treasurer for Wilton Bowling Club in Wellington, having joined up after enjoying the game at Christmas functions – he’s been helping the club with the many challenges adapting to what modern families want from a sporting club and community facility.

• He is also a Board member of Bowls Wellington

• Barry is Bowls New Zealand’s Official Photographer and you can see his images on many club websites around the country.

• He was also involved with Victoria University of Wellington as an establishment Advisory Board Member to the Brian Picot Chair in Ethical Management. The Brian Picot Chair was established in November 2016 to provide insight that can improve ethical leadership practices in business and government and help mitigate the ethical risks that can lead to organisational failures. As an Advisory Board Member, Barry helped guide the inaugural Chair, Professor Karin Lasthuizen, in her role and within the commercial community.

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