Gareth Morgan (economist)
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Dr Gareth Morgan is CEO of Gareth Morgan Investments portfolio manager, and Chairman of and a consultant to economics consultancy Infometrics Ltd which he founded in 1982.
Presently Dr Morgan is also a director of listed public company, Property For Industry Limited (industrial property owner), Greens Industries Ltd (tapware manufacturer), and Trade Me Ltd (internet auction house). His past directorships include the Advisory Board of Work and Income New Zealand (WINZ), the Board of national law firm Phillips Fox and public listed company, Direct Capital Partners Ltd.
Infometrics is a well-known economics consultancy, which New Zealand's major corporate and investment houses retain for economic and strategic advice. It also has public sector clients including The Treasury, Reserve Bank, IRD and Ministry of Economic Development.
Dr Morgan is also a well-known columnist and for over a decade has contributed weekly columns to newspapers including the National Business Review, The New Zealand Herald, The Dominion, The Christchurch Press, Evening Post and Unlimited. He is also a television debater and a sought-after conference speaker.
