Bob Cavanagh

Career experience

My career falls into three phases:

Early career – 15 years in the Catholic church

  • Including 11 years of full-time study and training, four of those as post-graduate study in Rome and Paris, and significant pastoral care and counselling-related training and experience as a priest. 

Middle career – 20+ years in business

  • Including:  7 years with international chemicals company ICI,  8 years in the senior computing and systems role (CIO) in three different organisations including the Reserve Bank,  5 years as Principal Consultant with global consulting and accounting firm KPMG, after which I have had my own consulting business.
    [For full detail of my business career see the pdf. file at http://www.bobcavanagh.co.nz/cv.html

Current career – counselling and coaching focus

Over the last five years I have changed my focus towards counselling and some coaching work, including

  • Having my own practice in Pipitea St, Thorndon.
  • Full Member of NZ Association of Counsellors, and a member of NZ Association of NLP (Neuro-linguistic programming).
  • Accredited coach, and facilitator with the government Leadership Development Centre
  • Continuing with some other business-related consulting work.


telephone: 04 934 2492 | mobile: 021 406 260 | email: bob@bobcavanagh.co.nz | address: 56 Pipitea St, Thorndon, Wellington