Philip Broughton is of Ngāi Tahu and Kahungunu descent. He is married with three children and has seven grandchildren and is now semi-retired. Philip is a chartered accountant and was one of the consulting partners at Polson Higgs, where he developed strategic and business plans and conducted a Māori business mentoring programme. He provided business and accounting consultancy services to Māori for the Otago/Southland region.
Philip has extensive experience in board governance, particularly in the not-for-profit sector, and was actively involved in a number of professional, community and iwi organisations. He is a former board member of the Advertising Standards Complaints Board, Education NZ, the Todd Foundation, Ngāi Tahu Tourism and Kiwi Haka Ltd.
Currently, he is Treasurer for Kāti Huirapa Rūnaka ki Puketeraki, a board member of New Zealand on Air and Chair of Animation Research – Ian Taylor’s world-renowned computer animation sports programmes.