LEADERSHIP TEAM

Wayne is a Former New Zealand Police Detective with nearly 40 years of investigative experience and a diverse range of skills. His reputation for solving complex frauds and thefts is without exception. He is known in the profession as the PI with the X factor for solving the unsolvable.

After leaving the Police, Wayne worked as New Zealand Post Security Manager, then in private practice, becoming a recognised security expert, having performed security consultancy for many of New Zealand’s largest corporate entities and several government agencies.

Experience as a qualified New Zealand Police Detective, Wayne worked on all facets of crime investigations including several high profile homicides such as arresting David Tamihere for the murder of the Swedish tourists in Operation Stockholm. During his service in the New Zealand Police Wayne was awarded two Silver Merit Awards for performance.

At Post, Wayne led an international Postal Task Force carrying out security reviews at International Airports. For the establishment of Kiwibank, Wayne developed new responses to robberies in a corporate and franchise network. He engaged employees at all levels developing new procedures, training and response procedures and the delivery of the same. He was responsible for developing risk matrixes for robbery prevention to enable effective delivery of prevention services for safety of staff.

More recently, Wayne has assisted one of our government clients on a short term contracted number of hours per week re-aligning their security and fraud prevention plans and processes, requiring him to report directly to the board.

Wayne of course personally performs investigations as one of our lead investigators and is available to meet clients 24/7. A PI with the true ‘X Factor’ Wayne is more than capable of handling any issue for a client.

E. wayne@lsnz.co.nz

M.  +64 21 414436