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CEO & Board
Chief Executive Officer
This role is currently vacant
Board Members
| Richard Westlake (Independent Chairperson) |
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Richard is the director of Westlake Consulting Limited, a leading adviser in organisational governance, strategy, and structure with clients in New Zealand and across the globe. In the last few years he has completed significant consulting assignments in the ICT sector both locally and globally. He is an independent director of Kiwibank, chairs the Standards Council of New Zealand, and has been Establishment Chair for two state-owned enterprises, MetService and Quotable Value. |
| Graham Walmsley, CallPlus (Group Member Representative for Tier 2 Members) |
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Graham returned to the TCF Board in 2007. He is the General Manager of Wholesale and Regulatory at CallPlus. He has many years of experience in the Telecommunications industry, having held the positions of Head of Business Marketing for Telecom and Chief Information Officer for Clear Communications. His other roles include Marketing Manager for Countrywide Bank and CEO for Diners Club International. |
| Susie Stone, Kordia (Group Member Representative for Tier 2 and 3 Members) |
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Susie is the Kordia Group’s General Manager Strategic Development responsible for the Group’s Strategic Business Development, Commercial Affairs, Government relations and Regulatory Policy.
Prior to joining Kordia Susie worked for CLEAR Communications, where she was General Manager of Network Solutions, with responsibility for CLEAR’s local access, data, messaging and call centre solutions. Susie has also had roles in the Government and IT sectors. Her background has strong entrepreneurial, marketing, business development, management, regulatory policy and technology experience covering many industry sectors including IT, telecommunications and broadcasting. |
| John Wesley-Smith, Telecom |
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John is the Head of Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs at Telecom, and is responsible for managing Telecom’s relationships with and submissions to the Commerce Commission, and Telecom’s input into industry and Government led public policy processes. Before this, he held a number of roles within Telecom’s Government and Industry Relations team. Prior to joining Telecom in 2004, John was at Russell McVeagh for three years, where he specialised in Commercial and Financial Law. |
| Chris Abbott, TelstraClear |
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Chris has been the Group Manager Regulatory at TelstraClear since September 2006. He has considerable experience in telecommunications regulation, having worked as a chief adviser at the Commerce Commission prior to joining TelstraClear. Chris has also previously held a number of roles at American International Group in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. He holds a Masters of Commerce. |
| David Stone, Vodafone |
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David is Head of Industry Affairs for Vodafone. David has extensive industry experience having begun his career with CLEAR Communications in 1996 and has subsequently worked with a number of other industry members. Prior to joining Vodafone four years ago, David was Manager, Strategic Development for United Networks Limited.
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| Ernie Newman, TUANZ (non-voting representative) |
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Ernie has been Chief Executive of TUANZ, the Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand Inc, since 1999. In that role he has represented TUANZ on a number of external organisations including the TCF and the Number Administration Deed. He is a Board member of the International Telecommunications Users Group, and was its Chairman for 2002-2005. In his TUANZ and INTUG roles he has presented to numerous international conferences in the USA, Japan, India, Switzerland, France and the United Kingdom. He is a regular participant in APECTel, the telecommunications and IT working group of APEC. |
Other key people who contribute to TCF operations include:
| Susan Wells, Forum Administrator |
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Susan Wells is the Forum Administrator. Susan has been closely involved in the TCF since its inception and has previously held a position on the TCF Board and a number of its working parties. She has extensive experience in infrastructure industries in both regulatory and commercial roles, with over 20 years experience in the electricity industry and 7 years in telecommunications. |
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