Robert (Bob) Russell is Commissioner and Chief Executive, a position he took up in May 2007. He joined Inland Revenue in 2006, in the role of Deputy Commissioner, Service Delivery.

Prior to coming to New Zealand, Bob had over 30 years in public service in Canada, including various positions with the Canada Revenue Agency, Industry Canada, and Energy, Mines and Resources Canada.

Bob holds Master of Business Administration, Master of Urban & Regional Planning, Bachelor of Education and Bachelor of Science degrees.

Arlene White is Deputy Commissioner, Service Delivery.  She joined Inland Revenue in March 2012.

Arlene has a wealth of experience as a senior leader in field operations and in the headquarters of the Canada Revenue Agency, where she was most recently Assistant Commissioner, Assessment and Benefit Services Branch. In this role Arlene was responsible for a large service delivery operation as well as leading a key transformational strategy for the Canada Revenue Agency around e-services.

Struan Little is Deputy Commissioner, Policy Advice Division. Struan joined Inland Revenue in September 2011 from The Treasury, where he undertook a wide range of roles, including Deputy Secretary responsible for macroeconomics and the Budget.  He has also spent parts of his career at the World Bank, the Ministry of Education and working in the electricity industry.

Struan has a Post Graduate Diploma in Economics and a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Geography, both from the University of Otago.

Mary Craig is Deputy Commissioner, Corporate Services and has had an extensive and varied career with Inland Revenue since she joined in the early 1990s.

Prior to taking up the role of Deputy Commissioner Corporate Services, she had several senior roles in the Department including acting in the Deputy Commissioner Business Development & Systems position, Group Manager for the Office of the Chief Tax Counsel, National Manager Business Management Services, Senior Advisor in Child Support and operational management positions in Manukau, Dunedin and Invercargill. She has a Masters in Business Administration.

Tim Occleshaw is Deputy Commissioner, Information, Design and Systems. Prior to joining Inland Revenue in January 2009, Tim was Chief Information Officer at the Ministry of Social Development for four years. In July 2008 he won the New Zealand CIO of the Year award.

Tim has spent more than 25 years working in the financial services sector, in Australia and New Zealand. He has worked in a wide variety of business and IT management roles, mainly for ANZ Banking Group. He was Head of Information Technology for ANZ New Zealand.

Martin Smith is the Chief Tax Counsel. He holds LLB (Hons) and LLM degrees from the University of Adelaide, a post-graduate Diploma in Financial Management from the University of New England, and a Master of Taxation Studies (Hons) from Auckland University. He is admitted as a barrister and solicitor in Australia and New Zealand.

Prior to joining Inland Revenue in 1995, Martin practised as a tax lawyer in large law firms in Australia and New Zealand, was a tax consulting partner in the Sydney office of an international accounting firm, and was director of Taxation Research for Ernst & Young in New Zealand. He is a member of the International Fiscal Association and a Fellow of the Taxation Institute of Australia.

Peter Mersi is Deputy Commissioner, Business Transformation.

Peter joined Inland Revenue in March 2010 from The Treasury, where he worked in a variety of roles including Deputy Secretary responsible for State Service Performance. He has extensive public sector experience, having spent time in the Department of Labour and the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet before joining The Treasury in 1996. He also worked in the economics department of the Bank of New Zealand. In 2011-12, he spent six months as acting Chief Executive of the Department of Internal Affairs.

Peter holds a Batchelor of Commerce and Administration degree in Economics from Victoria University, Wellington.