Biosecurity and MPI
Update
Barney Stephenson,
Principal Adviser, Surveillance and
Incursion Investigation
29 May 2014
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Background
• History of change across the board since late 1980s;
• For example, a shift from agricultural quarantine to
biosecurity covering all sectors;
• Broad scope including policy and delivery;
• Focus on clear policy, priorities and strategy;
• Making the most of available resources;
• Managing complexity:
– Biology
– Stakeholders
– People
– Meeting different needs;
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MPI’s formation
• Merging of Ministries in 2010 – 2012
• MAF, MFish, NZFSA amalgamated to MPI
• Involved complete integration to avoid
duplication and share strengths
• Eight Branches
• Biosecurity functions spread across these
• A Biosecurity governance group covered
cross-Branch alignment
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Our Strategy 2030: Growing and Protecting New
Zealand
The primary sector’s contribution to the economy:
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Maximise export opportunities;
Improve sector productivity;
Increase sustainable resource use;
Protect from biological risk
– Includes Biosecurity
– Biosecurity across government e.g. DoC, MoH, EPA, Regional Councils;
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Building partnerships;
Enable – take opportunities to add value;
Make robust decisions based on quality information;
Build relationship with Science;
– Departmental Science Adviser appointed 2012
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Alignment of MPI 2014
• This is a natural point in MPI’s evolution to
take stock and consider refinements;
• Respond to WPC inquiry findings;
• Clear accountability and contact points for
stakeholders and trading partners;
• More than just structural changes.
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MPI Tier 1-3 Managers
Martyn Dunne
Chief Executive and
Director-General for
Primary Industries
EA: Catherine Harris
As at 12 May 2014
China Relations
Roger Smith
Deputy Director-General
Change Management
Programmes
Carol Barnao
Deputy Director-General
EA: Adele Maurice
Office of the
Director-General
Dan Bolger
Deputy Director-General
EA: Jan Esquilant
Policy & Trade
Deborah Roche
Deputy Director-General
Regulation & Assurance
Scott Gallacher
Deputy Director-General
EA: Danielle Lewis
EA: Anna Gordon
Operations
Andrew Coleman
Chief Operations Officer
EA: Sally Lees/Belinda
Eugster
Nick Maling *
Director
Strategy
Michael Jamieson
Director Strategy,
Systems & Science Policy
Paul Hallett *
Director
Systems Audit,
Assurance & Monitoring
Geoff Gwyn (from 2 June)
Director
Intelligence, Planning
& Coordination
Anne Bakhos *
Director
Communications & Channels
Chris Carson
Director
International Policy
Matthew Stone
Director
Animal & Animal Products
Teresa Williams
Director
Assurance & Evaluation
Karen Adair
Director
Biosecurity, Food
& Animal Welfare Policy
Peter Thomson
Director
Plants, Food & Environment
Warwick Foran
General Manager
Crown Forestry
David Wansbrough
Director
Resource Policy
Steve Hathaway
Director Biosecurity
Science, Food Science
& Risk Assessment
Peter McCarthy *
Chief Legal Advisor
Jarred Mair
Director
Sector Policy
Chris Kebbell
Director
Verification Services
Veronica Herrera
Director
Investigation Diagnostic
Centres & Response
Tim Knox
Director
Market Access
Debbie Morris
Director
Branch Planning,
Systems & Support
Geoff Gwyn
Director
Border Change
Programme / JBMS
Aoife Martin
Director
Spatial, Forestry &
Land Management
Dean Baigent
Director
Compliance
Sector Partnerships
& Programmes
Ben Dalton
Deputy Director-General
EA: Alanie Thomson
Corporate Services
Tracy Voice *
Deputy Director-General
EA: Rebecca McGill
Kelly Dunn
Director
Maori Partnerships
& Programmes
Luke Southorn
Director
Human Resources
David Hayes*
Head of Planning
& Preparedness
Dave Samuels
Director
Partnerships &
Portfolio Advice
Bryce Johnson *
CIO / Director Business
Technology &
Information Services
Steph Rowe *
Head of Intelligence
& Operations
Kathy Mansell
Director
Aquaculture,
Growth & Innovation
Tony Murray
Chief Financial Officer
Steve Gilbert
Director
Border Clearance Services
Justine Gilliland
Director
Primary Growth Partnership
Debbie Ward
Director Planning &
Business Transformation
Note:
*= Acting or seconded in this role
Dave Turner *
Director
Fisheries Management
Julie Collins
Director
Systems & Change
MPI’s Branches
Dec. 2012
Office of the Director General
Policy
Standards
Verification and Systems
Compliance and Response
Resource Management and
Programmes
Maori Primary Sector
Partnerships
Corporate Services
Biosecurity
functions
May 2014
Biosecurity
functions
Office of the Director General
Policy and Trade
Regulation and Assurance
Operations
Sector Partnerships and
Programmes
Corporate Services
Other reports to the Director General MPI:
• Departmental Science Adviser
• Change Management Programmes
• China Relations
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MPI’s new structure
• Regulation and Assurance leading the food system
– manage all regulatory issues and food safety
• Operations leading the biosecurity system
– Border, surveillance, biosecurity responses and compliance
• Policy and Trade
– Primary sector policy and market access
• Sector Partnerships and Programmes
– Partnerships and investment, including Maori
• Supported by the Corporate Services and Office of
the Director-General
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MPI’s new structure
A greater profile for Trade…
• All trade functions together alongside policy
• Growing overseas posts – DDG in China
• Larger market access function
…and for Science
• Departmental Science Advisor reporting to the
Director-General:
– Focus on science policy and research across MPI
– Evidence based decisions.
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New governance to support structure
Sound governance …
• New boards to complement structure:
Systems aligned with stakeholders and public expectations
– Biosecurity
– Food Safety
– Sustainable Economic Development and Trade
Supporting
– Information, Security and Infrastructure
– Science Advisory
• Driving decision-making across MPI:
– ‘whole of system’ approach.
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Biosecurity functions in Branches
Branch
Policy and Trade
Regulation and Assurance
Operations
Directorate
Biosecurity, Food and Animal Welfare Policy
International Policy
Market Access
Strategy, Systems and Science
Animal and Animal Products
Biosecurity Science, Food Science and Risk
Assessment
Plants, Food and Environment
Border Change and JBMS
Border Clearance Services
Intelligence, Planning and Coordination
Investigation, Diagnostic Centres and Response
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B3 and MPI
Directorate
MPI B3 people
B3 alignment
Branch
Policy and Trade
Regulation and
Assurance
Operations
Strategy, Systems and Science
Naomi Parker
Science system
Biosecurity Science, Food
Science and Risk Assessment
Plants, Food and Environment
Jo Berry
Helen Harman
Shane Olsen
Sina Waghorn
Risk assessment
Border Change and JBMS
Border Clearance Services
Intelligence, Planning and
Chris Denny
Coordination
Investigation, Diagnostic Centres Robert Taylor
and Response
Benedicte Lebas
Paul Stephens
Rory MacLellan
George Gill
Barney
Stephenson
Veronica Herrera
Pathway risk
management
Pathway risk
management
Diagnostics
Surveillance
Eradication and
response
Coordination
Governance
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Challenges for B3: making a big difference
• Reduce rate of establishment of damaging pests;
• Develop tools across the system for wicked pests;
• Raise pathology output and increase response options
for diseases;
• Exploit new technology – eg integrating chemistry,
physics, electronics and ICT;
• Build on current foundation, finish work and move to
next top priority topic;
• Retain strategic context and continue to demonstrate
short term value;
• Achieve market uptake for challenging proof of concept
findings
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