# John Gill

> John Gill is a Wellington-based retired accountant and former Datacom executive. His public record includes leadership at Datacom Employer Services, service as Datacom New Zealand CFO, government financial-management roles, accounting research and writing, and CPA Australia life membership.

- **Role:** Retired; CPA Australia New Zealand Divisional Council member (listed in its 2025 report)
- **Organizations:** Datacom Employer Services, Datacom New Zealand, CPA Australia, Ministry of Energy, Department of Māori Affairs, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Transport
- **Known for:** First New Zealand recipient of CPA Australia life membership, formally presented in May 2022., Co-authored research documenting reported annual school-transport savings of NZ$2–3 million from route remeasurement and retendering., CPA Australia Outstanding Service Award, December 2019, according to his public LinkedIn profile.

## Career timeline

- **1972–1998** — Period of public-sector accounting experience documented in his co-authored research paper.
- **2001** — Co-authored an essay on government IT purchasing with Sym Gardiner.
- **2006** — Identified as chief executive of Datacom Employer Services in an October youth-court newsletter.
- **2011** — Identified as CFO of Datacom New Zealand in the December Chartered Accountants Journal.
- **2020** — Described as a retired former Datacom New Zealand CFO and New Zealand Divisional Council member by CPA Australia.
- **2021** — Awarded CPA Australia life membership in October.
- **2022** — Life membership formally presented on 19 May; co-authored a paper with Umesh Sharma on public-sector financial management.

## Achievements

- First New Zealand recipient of CPA Australia life membership, formally presented in May 2022.
- Co-authored research documenting reported annual school-transport savings of NZ$2–3 million from route remeasurement and retendering.
- CPA Australia Outstanding Service Award, December 2019, according to his public LinkedIn profile.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Published The Accountants: Robert Collins, describing it as chapter 23 of a book he had been writing since 1986.
- **2026-08** — Published Queenstown’s cable car: what problem are we actually solving? on LinkedIn.
- **2026-09** — His public LinkedIn profile lists an article about private investment in New Zealand netball, dated 1 September 2026.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://nz.linkedin.com/in/john-gill-fcpa-8180a914

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Last updated: 2026-10-07