Rob Steele

ISO Secretary-General

ISO Secretary-General since 1January 2009, Rob Steele was previously the Chief Executive Officer of Standards NewZealand (SNZ). Rob is a Chartered Accountant, a member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors, and a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management. During his tenure as CEO of the New Zealand standards body, he represented SNZ on the ISO Council and Council Standing Committee on Strategy, and the ISO Technical Management Board where he was involved in developing policies on the global relevance of International Standards. He was also Secretary of the Pacific Area Standards Congress (PASC) from 2002 to April 2007.

Prior to joining SNZ Rob was Chief Executive of an electricity distribution company in New Zealand  and prior to that a Manager in a major New Zealand bank with responsibility for assessing credit risk. In his career he has also worked in New Zealand and Canada providing senior management advice to clients of Deloitte on financial audit and organizational finance as well as serving on several Boards as a director of companies in the manufacturing and service sectors.