Richard Llewellyn
Richard is a highly experienced, strategic, communications and corporate affairs executive who leads with purpose, passion, perspective, integrity, and a little bit of humour.
He’s attracted to organisations and leaders who want to make a positive difference to Aotearoa’s future, and want to help shape and be part of positive change.
He’s worked across start-ups, listed companies, private equity, government-funded organisations, and PR agencies, most recently with Vodafone, Vector, Spark and Auckland Airport.
He’s authored over 20 shareholder reports and led investor communications over many years for several large corporates, as well as having led communications across multiple M&A transactions, including the sale of Vodafone NZ to Infratil and Brookfield, the partial sale of Queenstown Airport to Auckland Airport, and the recent sale of the Vodafone cell towers.
He’s worked locally and internationally, in both commercial and not-for-profit sectors, including technology, telecommunications, tourism, FMCG, energy, and aviation amongst many others.
Richard has shaped transformation narratives, embraced and applied disruptive trends, provided sound strategic advice and counsel, driven positive reputation, grown the social license to operate, and built influential relationships inside and outside organisations.