Debra Blackett

Capability 

20+ years experience in senior and executive roles across a range of industries as General Counsel including Telecom NZ (now Spark), ANZ New Zealand, BP Oil NZ Limited, and Z Energy Limited.  Key roles include leadership of legal and regulatory teams, membership of executive teams, and governance advice - board advisory and management, external reporting, and stock exchange relationship in both NZ and Australia.

Finance roles at ANZ and as consultant to FMA including establishment of initial FMA board and enforcement strategy (designed to build on lessons from the GFC).  General Counsel at ANZ during regulatory, central banking and ongoing industry change in the context of external scrutiny.  Recently, advice to registered bank on Commerce Commission market study into personal banking services.

Juno Clients

Sharesies, Environmental Protection Authority

Before Juno

Z Energy | General Counsel and Head of Climate Change (Ampol and Z)
BP Oil New Zealand Limited | General Counsel
Financial Markets Authority | Consultant
ANZ New Zealand Limited | General Counsel
Telecom NZ Limited | General Counsel, Competition, Regulation and Litigation
DLA Piper | Solicitor
Chapman Tripp | Solicitor

Areas of expertise

• Competition and regulatory issues across a range of industries including telco regulation, banking and finance sector regulation, fuel sector regulation, market studies.
• ESG and climate change regulation, greenwashing, and global climate related litigation, most recently publication of Z Energy Limited’s 2024 Climate Related Financial Disclosure.
• Significant experience in health, safety and environmental law, regulation and operational issues.
• Significant experience in risk management.
• M&A experience, most recently the Ampol Australia acquisition of Z Energy by means of a Scheme of Arrangement in May 2022 and the acquisition by Z of Caltex New Zealand and Flick Energy as well as advising on full and partly held subsidiaries and other listed and non-listed joint ventures.

Governance

Appointed as independent director to Enable Networks Limited Board and Audit and Risk Committee in December 2023.