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'''Richard Westlake''' is the Managing Director of Westlake Consulting Limited (WCL), a New Zealand-based advisory firm specialising in organisational governance, strategy and structures, and with particular expertise with NGOs and other not-for-profit organisations.

'''Richard Westlake''' is the Managing Director of Westlake Consulting Limited (WCL), a New Zealand-based advisory firm specialising in organisational governance, strategy and structures, and with particular expertise with NGOs and other not-for-profit organisations.

Richard is currently Chair of the Standards Council of New Zealand, which is New Zealand's representative to [[ISO]] and [[IEC]]. He has previously held roles as the establishment Chairman of two companies owned by the New Zealand Government, MetService and Quotable Value, both of which pioneered successful business models in their industries through innovative Internet-based services.

He is the Independent Chair at Careerforce (Community Support Services ITO Ltd), Director at Dairy Goat Co-operative (NZ) Limited, Chairman at Intergen Limited, Chairman at Telecommunications Carriers' Forum and Director at Kiwibank Limited.<ref>[http://nz.linkedin.com/in/richardwestlake linkedin]</ref>

Earlier last year, Richard led the team from Westlake Consulting that completed the Independent Review of the At-Large Advisory Committee ([[ALAC]]).  

Richard was Chair of the Standards Council of New Zealand, which is New Zealand's representative to [[ISO]] and [[IEC]]. He has previously held roles as the establishment Chairman of two companies owned by the New Zealand Government, MetService and Quotable Value, both of which pioneered successful business models in their industries through innovative Internet-based services.

Richard spent 15 years in merchant banking and in leading major change in large and complex organisations. Before moving to New Zealand, he gained an MA from Oxford University and trained as a Royal Air Force fighter pilot.

 

Richard spent 15 years in merchant banking and in leading major change in large and complex organisations. Before moving to New Zealand, he gained an MA from Oxford University and trained as a Royal Air Force fighter pilot.<ref>[http://www.westlakenz.com/Richard_Westlake_Profile.pdf westlakenz.com]</ref>

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