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David Smol

Chief ExecutiveFormer NZX Director Charity Officer

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Public Sector Earnings

$11,000

1 years of data

Latest Public Sector Pay

$11,000

2024 at Victoria University of Wellington

NZX Career Earnings

$1,345,114

8 years of data

Current Agency

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

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Professional Background

Updated 2 Apr 2026

Energy sector executive with over 35 years of experience in the UK and New Zealand, and former chief executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

David has over thirty five years of work experience, including in the energy sector in the UK and New Zealand, for Conoco UK Limited, Electricity Corporation and ILEX Energy Consulting. He was part of the Contact Energy establishment team in 1995-1996 and a member of the team that developed the rules for the New Zealand electricity market. In 2008 David was appointed as chief executive of Ministry of Economic Development and, from 2012-2017 was the inaugural chief executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), following the merger of four government departments. David has an M-Phil in economics from Cambridge University and was made a Companion of the Queen's Service Order in 2018.