A MIXED CAREER Terry McLaughlin 1994–1996 Partner at Ernst & Young
1996–2004 Assistant auditor-general
2004–2008 Executive director at Audit New Zealand
2008–2013 Chief executive of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants
2013 to date Chief executive at Duncan Cotterill
“If you sit back and paraphrase it at a joint level, I think pretty much we’re joined at the hip and end up completing each other’s sentences” Terry McLaughlin
“It doesn’t matter whether you’re dealing with staff or dealing with clients,” he says. “When I’m thinking of both of those, I’m usually coming out the other end happy.” Outside of Duncan Cotterill, Smith is a trustee of the Canterbury Charity Hospital Trust and the St Andrew’s College Foundation, as well as chairman of the Canterbury Caledonian Society Pipe Band. “That actually is part of what makes me tick, having all of those things lined up,” he says. “It gives me really good balance. It gives me really good perspective. One organisation I’m involved with, the members of that organisation range from students to professors to doctors to whatever, and interacting with them on a regular basis gives good perspective for the career as well.”
The Christchurch market Insurance remains a crucial part of Duncan
www.nzlawyermagazine.co.nz
35