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Standards Council

Standards Council

The Standards Council is the governing body for Standards New Zealand.  The Council is an appointed body, with representatives from a wide range of sectors as well as ministerial appointees. Standards New Zealand is the operating arm of the Standards Council.

Standards Council Chair - Richard Westlake
First appointed to the Standards Council in 2003, Richard Westlake is Director of Westlake Consulting Limited, advising boards on governance and strategy.  Among his other board positions, Richard currently chairs the Telecommunication Carriers’ Forum and has been an independent director of Kiwibank Limited since 2001.  He was previously Chair of Quotable Value Ltd and Holmes Consulting Group Ltd.

Richard gained experience in the implementation and practical benefit of Standards through his role as the first Chair of the MetService, which became the world's first national meteorological service to achieve ISO 9001 certification.

Members Date of original appointment and nominating organisation

 
Sharon Kletchko                 September 2006
(Deputy Chair)                    Appointed by the Minister of Commerce
 
Tom Campbell                    May 2010
                                          Appointed by the Minister of Commerce
 
Richard Gibbons                 February 2003
                                          Nominated by the Electricity Engineers'
                                          Association New Zealand
 
John Hannah                      (Chair of Audit and Risk
                                           Subcommittee)
                                          June 1998
                                          Nominated by the New Zealand Vice
                                          Chancellors' Committee
 
Vivian Kloosterman            September 2005
                                          Nominated by the Institution of
                                          Professional Engineers New Zealand
 
Vaughan Renner                (Chair of the Strategy Subcommittee)
                                          April 2005
                                          Nominated by Business New Zealand
 
Fay Sowerby                      May 2010
                                          Appointed by the Minister of
                                          Commerce
 
Michael Wallmannsberger (Chair of the Information Systems
                                          Strategic Plan Subcommittee)
                                          April 2005
                                          Nominated by the Council of Trade
                                          Unions