Economic Performance (EP) Group

Page updated 29 Oct 2009

Struan Little is an Acting Deputy Secretary to the Treasury and manager of the Economic Performance Group.

This Treasury group comprises work streams where the primary interest is to understand what determines growth in New Zealand and to advise the Government on the wide range of policies affecting economic growth.

The Economic Performance Group ensures the Treasury focuses on the pervasive and significant economy-wide issues that are expected to have the biggest effect on growth, explicitly identifying results that matter for the economy and testing against these results. This information is used to advise Ministers on key policy levers that could be used to improve growth outcomes. The Economic Performance Group also tests frameworks and scans critical economic areas to ensure issues are identified early and raised with Ministers.

This work broadly reflects the goals outlined in the Treasury’s Economic Growth outcome, one of three Treasury outcomes that support government goals and where the Treasury’s contribution can make a positive impact on the lives of New Zealanders. However, staff in the group also contribute to work relevant to all three outcomes.

Acting Deputy Secretary: Struan Little

Struan Little has been the Acting Deputy Secretary since January 2009. Since joining the Treasury in 1987, he has held various senior positions including Manager Macroeconomic Policy, head of the Treasury's Strategic Unit, and Assistant Secretary responsible for international infrastructure and environmental issues. Between 1993 and 1995, he was seconded from the Treasury to the World Bank where he held an advisor position at New Zealand's shared constituency office.

Clusters and Teams

Assistant Secretaries: Colin Hall, Jeremy Corban

International

Manager: Nik Blakely

Tax Strategy 

Manager: Bill Moran

Enterprise and Innovation Cluster

Financial Markets and Institutions

Manager: Joanna Gordon

Regulatory Quality (including Regulatory Impact Analysis Team)

Manager: Michele Lloyd

See Regulatory Impact Analysis.

Productivity and Innovation

Manager: James Beard

Export Credit Office

Acting Manager: Carmen Moana

See New Zealand Export Credit Office website.

Natural Resource Management

Manager: Tom Hall

Climate Change, Energy and Commercial Operations

Manager: Andrew Blazey