Based in Tauranga, Peter Withers is an independent governance coach, governance consultant and strategist.His current activities include governance and management coaching, non-profit governance consulting and strategy facilitation. He provides governance coaching input for both the Fonterra and Cooperative Business New Zealand Governance Development Programmes, governance consulting for non-profits, and community mentoring. As a strategy facilitator, he has worked internationally with a wide range of business, tertiary education, and non-profit entities including Latino business groups in California and Māori enterprise in New Zealand. His expertise in facilitation and strategic thinking follows 20 years of trade policy negotiation and trade promotion experience as a New Zealand diplomat. His international postings included Washington, D.C., Athens, Ankara, and Los Angeles.Peter has taught applied strategy and international business at the UCLA Anderson Graduate School, Pepperdine University Graziadio Graduate School (as Associate Dean), the Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management and La Verne University in California, Tec de Monterrey in Mexico, and programmes in Singapore as well as Toi Ohomai, Massey University and the University of Auckland in New Zealand. He is a former Chair of the Executive MBA Council, a global organisation involving leading business schools worldwide, is a longtime advocate of applied learning in executive education, and pioneered leadership coaching in New Zealand MBA programmes. Peter Withers graduated M.A. Hons from the University of Canterbury and completed the Advanced Executive Leadership programme at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, USA. He holds a certificate in Coaching, Leadership & Change from Case Western University, USA and is a member of the N.Z. Institute of Directors.