Standards Council

The 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 – John Lumsden

John Lumsden began a 3 year term as Chair of the Standards Council on 1 November 2010. He replaced Richard Westlake who had served as Standards Council Chair since 2003.

John is a director of a number of companies including Moxie Communications Limited.  He is past-president of Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce and was a director of Grow Wellington. In 1992 he was the inaugural chief executive of MetService and led its transformation from a government department to a state-owned enterprise.
 
Commerce Minister Simon Power said in his announcement of the appointment, ‘Mr Lumsden has a wealth of experience in chairing boards and brings with him successful leadership skills as previous chief executive of MetService’.

Member's date of original appointment and nominating organisation

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

Sharon Kletchko

September 2006
Appointed by the Minister of Commerce

Vaughan Renner

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