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Dr Anna Sandiford has been a forensic science consultant in New Zealand and the UK for more than two decades. Her company operates by using its extensive national and international networks of experts. She also has extensive case management and review experience and provides guidance across a broad range of forensic expert witness topics.

Through providing advice on a daily basis regarding criminal cases heading to trial and appeal, Anna has gained extensive knowledge in complex, historical and expert-rich cases, having been involved in some of the highest profile cases in New Zealand. She is a member of relevant professional bodies and is therefore governed by Codes of Conduct and Ethics; the duty of the expert witness is to assist the court in an impartial manner with understanding a specialist area of expertise, including the limitations of that expertise. Anna is an author on forensic science including Forensic Science and the Law: a guide for police, lawyers and expert witnesses (2nd ed, 2019).

Anna was a founding Trustee of the New Zealand Public Interest Project and was an invited member of the Expert Advisory Group (EAG) to the Criminal Cases Review Commission and the EAG to the Law Commission's review into the Criminal Investigations (Bodily Samples) Act 1995. She lectures and presents on forensic science issues throughout the country.

Visit The Forensic Group website here.

Glynn Rigby left the New Zealand Police in 1997 and spent the following eight years as an investigator in the private sector, based in Auckland and Christchurch.

In 2005, Glynn established his own business, Zavést, with the goal of developing an Investigation company that was client centric. That model has led Glynn around the world, investigating multi-million dollar corporate frauds, asset recoveries, thefts and missing persons enquiries.

Zavést provides investigative services to legal, governmental, commercial and private clients in New Zealand and abroad.

Glynn manages the Canterbury office of Zavést and together with long-time business partner, Tim McKinnel, has been involved in the investigation of some of New Zealand’s most high profile criminal cases of the last decade.

He is a Trustee of the New Zealand Public Interest Project and is a long term member of the New Zealand Institute of Professional Investigators and has a special interest in environmental matters.

Visit THE Zavést website here.