Profile

Phil O’Reilly

Advisory Board Member

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. 

He is a member of the Board of Aurecon Ltd.