BOARD MEMBERS

CHAIRPERSON

John is a Litigation Director at Thomas and Co Lawyers, specializing in Litigation and Relationship Property matter. As well as board member for Tautai, he is on the executive committee of the Pacific Lawyers Association.

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Leon Tan (PhD) is a creative practitioner, educator and psychotherapist whose research focusses on cultural expression and the public realm. Co-Editor-in-Chief of Public Art Dialogue (Taylor & Francis, USA) and Associate Professor of Design and Contemporary Arts at Unitec Te Pūkenga, Leon published The Routledge Companion to Art in the Public Realm in 2020 and has presented public and participatory projects in venues including Momentum the Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art (2017) and the Taipei Biennial (2012).

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William is a sixth generation resident of Aotearoa, a qualified lawyer and accountant, and a retired partner of PWC. William has had a long involvement in the visual arts and governance and has worked as a litigator and in the film industry. He was one of the founders of Artspace and a board member of the New Zealand Film Commission, Objectspace and other trusts.

He has a deep interest in the Pacific and was a long term board member of The Melanesian Trust. His governance experience includes chairing the Auckland City Mission and Artspace.

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Paul was born in Samoa and is fluent in English and Samoan. He has over 25 years of experience appearing in the Employment Court, Employment Relations Authority and the Mediation Service for employers and employees. He is particularly interested in working with schools and specialises in advising Boards of Trustees, school Principals and Early Childhood Centres. In 2022, Paul taught the elective paper, South Pacific Legal Systems, at the Faculty of Law, University of Auckland, and was nominated for a teaching award. He is currently undertaking a PhD in Law at the University of Auckland, on Samoa's Constitution and the protection of the FaaSamoa, through a Legal Realist lens.