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Biosecurity and MPI Update Barney Stephenson,

Principal Adviser, Surveillance and Incursion Investigation

29 May 2014


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;


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


Our Strategy 2030: Growing and Protecting New

Zealand

The primary sector’s contribution to the economy: • 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;

• Building partnerships;

• Enable – take opportunities to add value;

• Make robust decisions based on quality information;

• Build relationship with Science;

– Departmental Science Adviser appointed 2012


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.

MPI Tier 1-3 Managers As at 12 May 2014

Martyn Dunne

Chief Executive and

Director-General for

Primary Industries

EA: Catherine Harris

Office of the

Director-General

Dan Bolger

Deputy Director-General

EA: Jan Esquilant

Regulation & Assurance

Scott Gallacher


EA: Anna Gordon

Operations

Andrew Coleman

Chief Operations Officer

EA: Sally Lees/Belinda

Eugster

Corporate Services

Tracy Voice *


EA: Rebecca McGill

Nick Maling *

Director

Strategy

Anne Bakhos *

Director

Communications & Channels

Teresa Williams

Director

Assurance & Evaluation

Warwick Foran

General Manager

Crown Forestry

Paul Hallett *

Director

Systems Audit,

Assurance & Monitoring

Matthew Stone

Director

Animal & Animal Products

Peter Thomson

Director

Plants, Food & Environment

Steve Hathaway

Director Biosecurity

Science, Food Science

& Risk Assessment

Geoff Gwyn (from 2 June)

Director

Intelligence, Planning

& Coordination

Steve Gilbert

Director

Border Clearance Services

Geoff Gwyn

Director

Border Change

Programme / JBMS

Veronica Herrera

Director

Investigation Diagnostic

Centres & Response

Dean Baigent

Director

Compliance

Aoife Martin

Director

Spatial, Forestry &

Land Management

Luke Southorn

Director

Human Resources

Bryce Johnson *

CIO / Director Business

Technology &

Information Services

Tony Murray

Chief Financial Officer

Peter McCarthy *

Chief Legal Advisor

Policy & Trade

Deborah Roche


EA: Danielle Lewis

Michael Jamieson

Director Strategy,

Systems & Science Policy

Chris Carson

Director

International Policy

Karen Adair

Director

Biosecurity, Food

& Animal Welfare Policy

David Wansbrough

Director

Resource Policy

Jarred Mair

Director

Sector Policy

Tim Knox

Director

Market Access

Chris Kebbell

Director

Verification Services

Kathy Mansell

Director

Aquaculture,

Growth & Innovation

Dave Turner *

Director

Fisheries Management

Justine Gilliland

Director

Primary Growth Partnership

Sector Partnerships

& Programmes

Ben Dalton


EA: Alanie Thomson

Kelly Dunn

Director

Maori Partnerships

& Programmes

Dave Samuels

Director

Partnerships &

Portfolio Advice

Debbie Ward

Director Planning &

Business Transformation

Note:

*= Acting or seconded in this role

Debbie Morris

Director

Branch Planning,

Systems & Support

Change Management

Programmes

Carol Barnao


EA: Adele Maurice

China Relations

Roger Smith


Julie Collins

Director

Systems & Change

David Hayes*

Head of Planning

& Preparedness

Steph Rowe *

Head of Intelligence

& Operations


MPI’s Branches

Dec. 2012 Biosecurity

functions May 2014 Biosecurity

functions

Office of the Director General Office of the Director General

Policy Policy and Trade

Standards Regulation and Assurance

Verification and Systems Operations

Compliance and Response

Resource Management and

Programmes Sector Partnerships and

Programmes Maori Primary Sector

Partnerships

Corporate Services Corporate Services

Other reports to the Director General MPI: • Departmental Science Adviser • Change Management Programmes • China Relations


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


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.


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.


Biosecurity functions in Branches

Branch Directorate

Policy and Trade

Biosecurity, Food and Animal Welfare Policy

International Policy

Market Access

Strategy, Systems and Science

Regulation and Assurance

Animal and Animal Products

Biosecurity Science, Food Science and Risk

Assessment

Plants, Food and Environment

Operations

Border Change and JBMS


Intelligence, Planning and Coordination

Investigation, Diagnostic Centres and Response


B3 and MPI

Branch Directorate MPI B3 people B3 alignment

Policy and Trade Strategy, Systems and Science Naomi Parker Science system

Regulation and

Assurance

Biosecurity Science, Food

Science and Risk Assessment

Jo Berry

Helen Harman

Risk assessment

Plants, Food and Environment Shane Olsen

Sina Waghorn

Pathway risk

management

Operations

Border Change and JBMS


Intelligence, Planning and

Coordination

Chris Denny Pathway risk

management

Investigation, Diagnostic Centres

and Response

Robert Taylor

Benedicte Lebas

Paul Stephens

Rory MacLellan

George Gill

Barney

Stephenson

Veronica Herrera

Diagnostics

Surveillance

Eradication and

response

Coordination

Governance


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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