In 1970, I graduated from the University of Canterbury with a Bachelor of Commerce degree.

After completing my degree, I joined the Chartered Accounting firm of Lake Smith & Co and worked for 2 years before leaving on the expected "Overseas Experience".

During my time away, I worked for an interesting variety of Chartered Accounting firms in South Africa, England and Sierra Leone, carrying out many accounting, audit and fraud investigations.

On returning to New Zealand, I joined the firm of Midgley & Co. a practice my father had set up some years earlier. Midgley & Co. expanded along with its major client Smiths City Ltd.

As a business advisor and Chartered Accountant, I have assisted many small business enterprises reach further and become successful. Over the ten years I was with Midgley & Co, I helped grow the practice until in 1985, the practice merged with one of the big 4 accounting frims.

I continued to develop a broad range of clients, and in February 1998 I left KPMG and formed the practice of Midgley Partners.

Today, I work with and advise a wide range of clients and business enterprises from very small sole proprietor businesses to large corporates with diverse ownership.

I act as a Statutory Supervisor for a variety of Retirement Villages predominantly in the Canterbury area.

Over recent years I have assisted a number of UK immigrants with settling in NZ and setting up businesses. Many of these clients have significant other investments which I oversee.

I am a member of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA) and a member of Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA) Australia

I served twelve years as a member of the board at Christ's College, Christchurch, an independent secondary school for boys, my particular area being the development of the School's Trust Fund. I am currently the honorary treasurer of The Christchurch Club.

For recreation I enjoy tennis, sailing, vintage and classic cars and time spent with my wife and four children.