Treasury boffins not ‘pencil-heads living in an ivory tower’, Makhlouf says

Treasury boffins not ‘pencil-heads living in an ivory tower’, Makhlouf says
Nov. 1 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand’s Treasury secretary Gabriel Makhlouf says his department is seeking to be more outward facing to dispel the impression of “pencil-heads living in an ivory tower.” “I’m conscious that if the Treasury wants to build public understanding and turn perceptions around – to gain a reputation that better matches the reality of the organisation I lead, the importance of the work we do, and the talents of the people I work with – then we have to earn it,” Makhlouf told a lunch meeting of the Trans-Tasman Business Ci...