Linden Vazey
Manager Governance and Assurance @Westpac New Zealand
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WORK HISTORY
Manager Governance and Assurance @Westpac New Zealand
Leading governance and assurance capability to support operational resilience and effective organisational oversight.Key focus areas: • Establishing and strengthening governance across teams • Developing policy, standards, and operational processes • Supporting risk identification, management, and control design • Implementing quality assurance and monitoring practices • Building team capability and consistent ways of working • Partnering with leaders to improve accountability and transparency • Supporting organisational readiness for operational and risk eventsKey achievements: • Built the Foundations programme, designed to uplift governance, risk and assurance activity over 2 years • Implement existing risk and control processes within the team for better consistency and completion ahead of due dates • Developed policy and process foundation to support strategic goals as the team transforms operations • Improved visibility of key and non-key controls to inform quality assurance activity
EDUCATION
University of Auckland
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
Wintec - Waikato Institute of Technology
Adult and Tertiary Teaching (Level 4), Adult learning and development
University of Auckland
Bachelor of Business and Information Management, Double major: Strategic HRM and IT
SKILLS
ABOUT LINDEN VAZEY
I am a Governance and Assurance leader focused on helping teams and organisations build strong, practical foundations that support resilient and reliable operations.In my current role as Manager Governance and Assurance, I support my team to design and embed effective: • Policy frameworks • Operational processes • Risk and control environments • Quality assurance and monitoring practicesMy approach combines strategic oversight with practical implementation — ensuring governance frameworks are not just well-designed, but understood, adopted, and useful for the people doing the work.I enjoy working across teams to bring clarity to complex environments, strengthen accountability, and enable organisations to operate with confidence through change and uncertainty.My areas of focus include: • Governance frameworks • Risk management and controls • Policy and process design • Operational readiness • Assurance and monitoring • Business continuity and resilience • Cross-team coordination and improvementI’m passionate about building capable teams, strengthening organisational trust, and creating systems that support good decision-making.
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