Phil O’Reilly ONZM is Managing Director of Iron Duke Partners, a Wellington, New Zealand based Public Policy Advisory Firm.
He was previously the Chair of the Board of Business at OECD, based in Paris, which is the representative of businesses in OECD member states and was a member of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) based in Geneva. He was also a member of the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC).
He currently chairs Business at OECDs Southeast Asian Contact Group which is concerned with accession to the OECD by Southeast Asian states and is a member of the OECD Trade Committee. He has long involvement in the B20 advising G20 leaders.
He has acted in both a governance and advisory capacity to the New Zealand government as well as overseas organisations in areas as diverse as trade, sustainability, diversity, pay equity, manufacturing, child poverty, welfare reform, R&D, innovation, tertiary education, retirement and the future of work.
He was previously Chief Executive of BusinessNZ, New Zealand’s leading business advocacy group, representing thousands of businesses of all sizes.
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Global Connections 2012: Phil O'Reilly
World-class New Zealand exporters share their stories of success, challenges and lessons learned at the ExportNZ Canterbury Global Connections Conference 2012. The Conference offered Canterbury exporters and manufacturers an opportunity to find out how they could take on new markets and build stronger international connections.NZMA x Phil O'Reilly - What Employers Want
Phil O'Reilly, CEO of BusinessNZ, spoke to students and faculty at NZMA's Sylvia Park campus about what employers are looking for from potential employees.NZTE-Sustainable BusinessNZ Workshop - introduction by Phil O'Reilly, BusinessNZ
Phil O'Reilly, BusinessNZ CEO and chair of the Government's Green Growth Advisory Group introduces a NZTE BusinessNZ Sustainability Workshop held in Auckland NZ on 13 May to share new market research findings about consumer preferences and business responses to the latest sustainability trends - how UK companies are responding to consumer concerns around carbon, water, packaging, waste and ethics.