LawFuel Power List 2025
No. 9
Redington oversees one of New Zealand’s largest legal teams (70+ lawyers) and the IRD’s digital transformation—one of the Southern Hemisphere’s biggest government IT projects. That’s not glamorous work, but it’s power: tax revenue ($116 billion annually) funds everything from hospitals to highways, and Redington’s team interprets the Inland Revenue Acts that govern collection.
Her prior career as PwC partner and co-leader of the international tax team, plus senior roles at Air New Zealand, means she understands both private-sector pressures and public-sector realities.
The IRD’s 2024 data breach (unencrypted personal details of 270,000 people sent to Meta) was a mess, but Redington’s technical expertise keeps her entrenched at No. 9. Tax counsel isn’t sexy—until the government needs revenue, and then it’s everything.
