James Stevenson-Wallace has been announced as the new chief executive of the Queenstown Lakes District Council.<\/p>\n
Mr Stevenson-Wallace\u2019s appointment comes after a decision of the full council on July 23.<\/p>\n
He will relocate from Wellington with his partner and begin the role on October 5.<\/p>\n
Previously Mr Stevenson-Wallace\u00a0served as chief executive of Manaaki Whenua \u2014\u00a0Landcare Research and the Electricity Authority.<\/p>\n
Most recently, he was director of transformation for the newly established Bioeconomy Science Institute.<\/p>\n
Prior to that\u00a0he held senior leadership positions at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) and the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), with responsibility for energy and natural resources, fisheries management, regional development and regulatory reform.<\/p>\n
Mr Stevenson-Wallace said he was\u00a0looking forward to the opportunity.<\/p>\n
“Queenstown Lakes is a district with heart, outstanding natural environments and significant opportunities ahead,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“I look forward to working alongside elected members, staff, mana whenua, community partners and residents to continue shaping a positive future for the district.”<\/p>\n
Queenstown Lakes Mayor John Glover said finding the right person to lead the organisation through a period of significant change in the local government sector had\u00a0been a key priority.<\/p>\n
\u201cFollowing a thorough recruitment process and careful consideration of a strong field of candidates, council is confident James is the right person to lead QLDC into its next chapter,\u201d Mr Glover said.<\/p>\n
\u201cJames is a highly accomplished leader with an impressive track record across both the public and science sectors.<\/p>\n
“His experience, strategic insight and ability to lead through change will be invaluable as our district continues to grow and respond to the opportunities and challenges ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Glover said Mr Stevenson-Wallace’s background aligned closely with the issues facing Queenstown Lakes.<\/p>\n
\u201cMuch of James’ career has been spent working at the intersection of growth, infrastructure, affordability, environmental pressures and public accountability.<\/p>\n
“He understands the importance of balancing community aspirations with sustainable growth and effective service delivery.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr\u00a0Glover acknowledged Michelle Morss, who has been interim chief executive since February.\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Allied Media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James Stevenson-Wallace has been announced as the new chief executive of the Queenstown Lakes District Council. Mr Stevenson-Wallace\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-557720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}