• Vote: Keith Marshall

    for Ōamaru Ward, Waitaki District Council

    Contact me: [email protected]

COUNCIL TRANSFORMATION ??

How Council transformation should work … public commentary by the Auditor General regarding Keith’s efforts at Nelson City Council … Nelson City Council — The Audit Office

Or maybe the currently woeful Waitaki District Council staff engagement should be more like Keith had established at Careers NZ: read about that here: From suggestion boxes to ‘abolishing bosses’, company cultures are in flux | Stuff

Keith Marshall – short bio

Since permanently moving to Ōamaru, Keith has been Chief Executive and Board Chair of Ōamaru Hospital.    

His extensive local government experience includes having been Chief Executive of four Councils.  In that regard, Keith is very much poacher-turned-gamekeeper, as he has expert knowledge in all the complexity of running Councils.  That experience was hopefully evident in our collective stand against the recent rates-rise fiasco.

In previous ‘lives’ he has been the Chief Executive of Careers NZ, owned Thrifty Rental Cars NZ, ran the nationwide health reforms establishing DHBs, and participated in NZ-China FTA negotiations. 

If elected, Keith will bring his governance, senior management, public sector, and commercial sector experience to bear on getting accountability for council affordability and transparency.

Oh, and if you asked folk who have worked alongside him, they would likely say they found him to be inspiring, motivating, fun to work with, and on-your-side.