• Hon Trevor Mallard
  Minister of State Services

• Hon Pete Hodgson
  Minister of Research, Science and Technology

• Michael Wintringham
  State Services Commissioner

• Ian Fraser
  Chief Executive, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

• Katrina Ings
  Regional Commissioner Waikato, Department of Work and Income

• Vicki Buck
  Community Leader

• Hardin Tibbs
  Chief Executive, Synthesys Strategic Consulting Ltd

• Chief executives' panel:
  
  David Butler, Commissioner, Inland Revenue Department
  Anne Carter, Chief Executive, Ministry of Youth Affairs
  Belinda Clark, Secretary of Justice, Ministry of Justice
  Leith Comer, Chief Executive, Te Puni Kokiri
  Howard Fancy, Chief Executive, Ministry of Education
  Fuimaono Les McCarthy, Chief Executive, Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs
  Peter Hughes, Chief Executive, Ministry of Social Development

New Zealand State Services Commission