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 Dean Myburgh

Dean Myburgh (born 1957) consults in the areas of change management, organisation development, risk management and emergency management.

He holds an MBA and a Doctorate in Commerce (D.Com.) and completed his academic education in South Africa at Rhodes University (1975-1978), the Stellenbosh University Graduate School of Business (1983-1986) and the Rand Afrikaans University (renamed the University of Johannesburg)(1987-1991).

Dean holds directorships in two Auckland-based (New Zealand) consultancies: 80-20 Options NZ Limited and Emergency Planning Limited. His consulting focus is the facilitation of strategic and operational decision-making related to organisational change management, process improvement, and risk and emergency management. He has ties nationally to consultants across New Zealand and with major Australian consultancies.

He has also provided both internal and external consultancy services to organisations and was a member of the Committee that prepared the NZ Handbook Risk Management for Local Government (SNZ HB 4360:2000) for the Standards NZ Council. In 2007 he authored The Risk Management Toolbox,a Guide to Facilitating Risk Thinking and Problem-solving in Organisations using the Risk Management Diagnostic Survey (RMDS).

Dean’s consulting and advisory roles include:

Risk Consultant - NZ Society of Risk Management (refer Consultants -www.risksociety.org.nz/)

Accredited Supplier to the NZ Business Excellence Foundation (refer www.nzbef.org.nz/consultingservices_consultants.htm)

HBDI® Certified Practitioner and member of the Herrmann International global network

Business Mentor with Business Mentors New Zealand.

Member of the Resilient Organisations Steering Group and Industry Researcher, involving a six-year research project designed to assist New Zealand organisations to recover economic competitiveness after disasters and hazard events by improving their resilience (refer www.resorgs.org.nz).

External links

1. 80-20 Options NZ Ltd web page

2. Emergency Planning Limited web page

3. Resilient Organisations web page