Affiliations & qualifications

John Brown, Trust & Commercial Expert

New Zealand Law Society

New Zealand Bar Association

Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand, (CAANZ); co-convenor Trust Special Interest Group, Auckland New Zealand

Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners (STEP), STEP (NZ) Education; STEP (International) - Contentious Trusts & Estates

Financial Advisers New Zealand (FANZ)

LLB Victoria University of Wellington (1974)

Admitted as Barrister and Solicitor, High Court of New Zealand (1975)

Diploma Financial Planning Waikato University (1996)

Chartered Life Underwriter Massey University/Institute of Financial Advisers (2010)

Current Practising Certificate, Barrister of High Court of New Zealand