Current parliamentary roles

• Member, Finance and Expenditure Committee
• Deputy-Chairperson, Privileges Committee
• Spokesperson, Attorney General
• Spokesperson, Finance

Former parliamentary roles

• Member, Commerce select committee 27 August 2002-26 March 2003
• Member, Finance and expenditure select committee 27 August 2002-11 August 2005
• Member, Regulations review select committee 27 August 2002-11 August 2005
• Deputy Chairperson, Local government and environment select committee 1 April 2003-11 August 2005
• Member, Constitutional arrangements select committee 23 December 2004-11 August 2005
• Attorney General 19 October 2005-20 March 2006
• Minister of Energy 19 October 2005-21 March 2006
• Minister Responsible for Climate Change Issues 19 October 2005-21 March 2006
• Minister of Transport 19 October 2005-21 March 2006
• Minister of Energy 3 May 2006-19 November 2008
• Minister Responsible for Climate Change Issues 3 May 2006-19 November 2008
• Minister of Land Information 3 May 2006-19 November 2008
• Minister of State Services 5 November 2007-19 November 2008
• Spokesperson, Electoral Reform 20 November 2008-4 April 2010
• Spokesperson, ACC 20 November 2008-3 February 2011
• Spokesperson, Attorney-General 20 November 2008-19 December 2011
• Associate Spokesperson, Finance 20 November 2008-19 December 2011
• Member, Emissions Trading Scheme Review Committee 9 December 2008-31 August 2009
• Member, Justice and Electoral Committee 9 December 2008-9 February 2011
• Chairperson, Government Administration Committee 10 December 2008-20 October 2011
• Spokesperson, Conservation 5 May 2009-15 June 2010
• Member, Privileges Committee 6 May 2009-20 October 2011
• Spokesperson, Economic Development 15 June 2010-19 December 2011
• Spokesperson, Energy 3 February 2011-19 December 2011
• Member, Commerce Committee 9 February 2011-20 October 2011

Education/qualifications

• BCom, University of Otago
• LLB, University of Otago

Career

• Worked for Wrightson NMA Limited
• Former Litigation partner, Anderson Lloyd Caudwell
• Worked in Agri-biotechnology field
• Former Manager, BLIS Technologies
• Director, Fund Managers Holdings Ltd 30 July 1997-28 October 2005

Community activities

• Former member, Primary School Board of Trustees
• Former Deputy Chairperson, bioSouth
• Co-founder, Dunedin Community Law Centre 1979-1979

Leisure activities

Social soccer, skiing, tennis, film, art