Philip Lewin

Philip Lewin took up the position of Chief Executive, Positively Wellington Business in January 2005.  PWB’s mission is to promote a dynamic and innovative economy in the Wellington region.

From 2001 – 2004 Mr Lewin was CEO of the Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce, where he led a strong expansion of business activity and membership growth. Prior to this, he was a career diplomat with the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, working both in the Ministry and Parliament, and overseas in MFAT posts in Melbourne, Moscow, Geneva, and in Washington where he dealt with WTO, APEC and dairy access issues.

A recent Prime Ministerial appointee to the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC), Mr Lewin is also currently Chair of the New Zealand Trade Liberalisation Network, and Board member of the New Zealand – USA and New Zealand-Australia Business Councils; and member of the Ministerial Advisory Group on Trade Policy. Awards and fellowships have included a tour of US business schools as the 2003 American Chambers of Commerce Business Education Fellow.

Philip Lewin holds a BA Hons (First Class) in English Studies from Victoria University of Wellington, an M Phil from Balliol College Oxford (Rhodes Scholarship), and a Diploma in Social Sciences from Massey University where he studied Economics.