Rochelle Stewart-Allen
Open Government Information & Data Programme
Senior Advisor
New Zealand
Biography: With a passion for transparency, accountability and justice, Rochelle Stewart-Allen has long been a firm believer in open government and open education. Rochelle's focus is on driving active engagement between government, business and civil society. Describing herself as an Intrapreneur, Rochelle works to wrangle change from inside existing systems. As an Arts graduate, Rochelle spent her former years teaching tertiary art. She then moved into roles providing strategic and business advice across the corporate, government and tertiary sectors, and completed post-graduate study in Strategic Studies. Rochelle is currently Senior Advisor in New Zealand's Open Government Information and Data Programme, Founder of New Zealand charity Daya Trust, and COO for start-up the Arab Digital Reform Institute.