Qualifications:
• Certified Fraud Examiner CFE (since 1999)
• Past President of Auckland Branch of Certified Fraud Examiners (3 yrs)
• Chairman of New Zealand Institute of Professional Investigators (16 yrs)
• Winner of the 2009 Insurance Investigator of the Year Award
• Certificate in Judicial Studies JP (since 2002)
• Accepted in the NZ Courts as an Expert Private Investigator
Expertise:
Ron is the leading Private Investigator in New Zealand.
For the past 38 years, since arriving in New Zealand in 1983, Ron has worked tirelessly to promote and advance the PI industry, has been elected by the members and has served a total of 16 years as the Chairman of the Industry’s body NZIPI, re-elected last November. In that role Ron has made submissions to and presented at Parliament in regard to the Private Investigators legislation. He has also assisted the Ministry of Justice Private Investigator Licensing Authority as a Court appointed expert dealing with complaints against private investigators.
Ron has been involved in many high profile investigations for corporates, government agencies and other clients. He is regularly asked to give industry comment by the media and has appeared several times on the likes of 60 Minutes, morning and tea-time current affair programmes and the various TV news. He was part of the team in the TV3 Missing Pieces series. Ron has presented at conferences and training sessions for government and other business sectors. In May 2018 the Department of Home Affairs in Australia asked Ron to lecture at a financial crime conference in Indonesia. He has run two day training courses in his capacity as an investigative mentor for experienced investigators wishing to enter the PI profession.
A man totally committed to our profession, Ron will still perform an investigation when requested as well as personally overseeing our business and being our lead agent for some of our government contracts, which require a high level of security clearance.
One example was when Ron personally undertook what was deemed the unsolvable Cold Case of Lee Sheppard who went missing in London in January 2003. Ron spent two years in preparation then travelled to London in November 2008 and, working from a London Police Station with the trust of the Metropolitan Police, solved that case, although the Metropolitan Police had failed for 6 years previous Workman who vanished eight years ago was gassed and crushed in fridge recycling machine
Ron is dedicated to his clients and team, referred to as ‘The Grey Man‘ for his relentless pursuit of the truth and his integrity in refusing to take sides (see Grey Man article below) He is not afraid of the difficult tasks and if that is not enough he has been seen scuba diving with sharks and jumping solo out of planes in his spare time, though more recently a novice golfer. In 2009 Ron was awarded the NZ Insurance Investigator of the year award for his outstanding investigative work in that field.
43 years Investigation experience. Former Police Officer, Glasgow, Scotland and has conducted investigations worldwide. Ron has investigated numerous complex fraud matters for clients and was asked by NZ Police Commissioner to present a paper on the overlap between private investigators and Police fraud investigators at NZ Police symposium on changing the Policing act Symposium on Policing: Securing the future
In 2020 Ron’s book “BUSTED” was released into all major bookstores in New Zealand, selling out three times and receiving lots of media coverage and acclaim. Check out the New Zealand Herald article here “BUSTED” was so successful he was asked to write a follow up. “BUSTED AGAIN” will hit the stores on 1 October 2021, available in all good bookstores.
Phone: 09 377 3655
Mobile: 021 222 2232
Direct email: ron.mcquilter@paragonnz.com
Ron’s books are available in all good bookstores