Lester Levy

Leadership occurs when leaders and followers raise one another to higher levels of motivation, aspiration, creativity and achievement.

Dr Lester Levy is the Chief Executive of Excelerator and Adjunct Professor of Leadership at The University of Auckland Business School. 

Lester, who has an MBA as well as a medical degree, has extensive management and governance experience in the fields of healthcare, biotechnology and film and television production. Lester had his formative management experience in the multinational environment and is best known for leading a number of significant turnarounds in the performance of products and organisations. 

Lester has previously been seconded to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet as an advisor, has been awarded the prestigious King's Fund International Fellowship from the King's Fund in London, is a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management and is the author of the book "Leadership and the Whirlpool Effect".