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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, with particular expertise regarding NGOs and other non-profit organisations.

'''Richard Westlake''' is Founder and Managing Director of Westlake Governance (formerly Westlake Consulting Limited), a globally-focused, New Zealand-based, governance advisory firm that advises Boards, Chairs and CEOs in the private, NGO and government-owned sectors in several countries. He has 20 years’ experience as a board chair and director, and with his colleagues aims to "build boards into leading teams''.

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>

Richard led the team from Westlake Consulting that conducted the Independent Reviews of ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee ([[ALAC]]) (2008) and Root Server System Advisory Committee ([[RSSAC]] (2009). He has also led major governance and structural reviews for ccTLD Managers and, so far, has attended five ICANN public meetings.

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.

He is the Independent Chairman at Intergen Limited <ref>[http://www.intergen.co.nz], NZ Telecommunications Forum Inc <ref>[http://www.tcf.org.nz], and Careerforce (Community Support Services ITO Ltd) <ref>[http://www.careerforce.org.nz], and an Independent Director at Dairy Goat Co-operative (NZ) Limited .

<ref>[http://nz.linkedin.com/in/richardwestlake linkedin]</ref>

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 (2003-2010), which is New Zealand's representative body for [[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, and was a founding Independent Director of Kiwibank Limited (2001-2011), a new bank owned by NZ Post, which in turn is owned by the New Zealand Government. In total, Richard has been a director of nearly 20 organisations, across the private, state-owned and NGO sectors.

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>

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.westlakegovernance.com/who-we-are/richard-westlake/]</ref>

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