Westlake Consulting
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| Founded: | 1999, New Zealand |
| Founder(s): | Richard Westlake |
| Headquarters: | The Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Website: | westlakenz.com |
| Key People | |
| Richard Westlake, Director Vaughan Renner, | |
Westlake Consulting Limited (WCL) is an advisory firm located in New Zealand which specializes in organizational strategy, board – management relationships, governance and structures. The firm mainly caters its advisory services to managements and boards in both the public and private sectors. The firm has garnered experience in working with various NGOs and non-profit organizations.[1]
History
The Westlake Consulting Limited was founded in the year 1999 in New Zealand by consistent efforts of Richard Westlake, Managing Director. Before founding the Westlake Consulting, he worked at Westpac Trust as General Manager.[2]
Services[3]
Westlake Consulting, which was established in 1999, is a boutique consulting firm offering advisory services to Board members and Chief Executives. A rundown of their services is as follows-
Conducting structural and strategic reviews
The structure of an organization plays an important role in the functioning of an organization. By availing strategic and structural reviews, companies can get familiar with the loopholes in the present structure. WLC reviews the present structure and strategies of the client firms and thus suggests the companies, ways through which it can be improved for a bright future.[4]
Offering advisory services and reviews on Governance
The system through which any organization is directed and controlled is referred to as corporate governance. Irrespective of the nature of the organization, it is essential to have perfect governance. WLC can effectively review the state of governance in any organization and it can further suggest ways to improve it. The ways suggested are always according to the requirement of the firm and the nature of work carried by it.
Development workshops for board chairs, boards and directors
The Board of Directors plays a pivotal role in the functioning of an organization and they should be strong enough in order to run the company well. This company offers development workshops for boards and directors so that they can stay in touch with latest tools and techniques available in the market. Moreover, training is provided to directors in certain areas so that they can accomplish their job in better manner.
Benchmarked evaluations of CEOs, boards and directors
Boards, directors, and CEOs evaluate employees working in an organization frequently. However, a few companies understand the importance of evaluating decisions made by individuals holding the top most positions. For smooth functioning of an organization, it is essential to evaluate boards, directors, and CEOs. It helps in finding whether they are working according to the standards of the company or not. In addition, it helps in ensuring that these people are using their powers in the right manner without harming the organization for their own benefits.
WCL and ICANN
The company has been selected by the board of directors at ICANN for conducting a review of the RSSAC (Root Server System Advisory Committee) independently. In November 2008, Andy Linton and Colin Jackson, the consultants at WCL joined in the ICANN meeting held in Cairo to network with people interested in various facets related to RSSAC. In the following month, Andy Linton along with Vaughan Renner attended the Minneapolis RSSAC meeting, collecting further feedback from the root server members as well as the members of the ICANN communities. Richard Westlake, Andy Linton and Colin Jackson presented the completed review in March 2009 Mexico City meeting of ICANN.[5]
In February 2008, WCL was selected by ICANN to conduct another independent review for ALAC (At-Large Advisory Committee), which was submitted in July 2008.
In 2006-2007 WCL conducted the structural review of InternetNZ (Internet Society of New Zealand) which was responsible for hosted the Wellington ICANN meeting earlier that year.
Clients & Partner
- The company is a partner with Board Benchmarking(earlier Leblanc Diagnostics) and it has conducted Board Effectiveness Diagnostic Report.[6]
- Westlake Consulting Limited has taken the task of governance review for ‘.au’ internet domain belonging to Australia.[7]
- One of the biggest projects handled by Westlake Consulting Limited is submission of report for Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC). The review report has been greatly helpful for the concerned organization.[8]