David Arthur Shand (born 1944)[1] is a former New Zealand academic, politician and international civil servant.

[7] He contested the Labour nomination for the Island Bay electorate in 1977 following the controversial de-selection of incumbent MP Gerald O'Brien.

He left academia in 1981 and took up senior positions in the Australian Department of Finance, the Queensland Public Sector Management Commission and the Victorian Treasury.

[10] He subsequently worked on public financial management in three international organisations – OECD (Paris), IMF and World Bank (Washington DC) before retiring to New Zealand in 2006.

[12] Shand's community activities have included Trustee of the NZ Portrait gallery and board member of the Auckland City Mission.

Shand intended a return to politics and stood as an independent candidate for the Capital and Coast District Health Board in the 2019 local elections[13] but he was unsuccessful.