Graham Pell

• Manages the State's accounts and makes payments on the State's behalf
• Oversees the Earthquake Support Payment and State benefits
• Publishes the State's budget lines and reports on State taxes
• Reimburses agencies for mutual-aid and earthquake response work (money owed for work done is never withheld: ESR 4.2)

Graham Pell has worked in public finance for more than thirty years. He began as a finance officer for Blaine County and joined the State Treasury in 2001, where he served under four Treasurers and ran the payments division for most of the last decade.

As Chief Deputy Treasurer he oversaw the first Earthquake Support Payments on 28 September 2026, when most residents were paid within an hour and nobody had to apply. Governor Carrow appointed him State Treasurer in October 2026.

He lives in Paleto Bay and is known in the Treasury for answering every letter himself.