The Digital Transformation of Non-financial Assessment and Reporting

Our toolkit drives significant business impact by improving efficiency, mitigating risks, and embedding best practices.

Our Mission

To empower Advisors, Consultants, Sustainability Professionals and Certification Bodies with scalable digital tools to revolutionise Assessment, Audit and Compliance Management.

Our Purpose

To move beyond compliance by providing a platform where industry experts define best practices, organizations assess their progress, and businesses transform through AI-driven insights—creating a smarter, more agile, and excellence-focused world.

Our Journey

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2002

Foundation

Founded as a professional services firm in New Zealand

Established first office in Auckland

Focus on Business Performance Improvement

Initial team of 5 consultants

First major client partnership

Tools: Small Business Fitness, Business Excellence (Baldridge), Lean

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2002

Foundation

Founded as a professional services firm in New Zealand

Established first office in Auckland

Focus on Business Performance Improvement

Initial team of 5 consultants

First major client partnership

Tools: Small Business Fitness, Business Excellence (Baldridge), Lean

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2005

Digital Innovation

Pioneered digital business management system assessments and automated reporting

Developed proprietary Assessment platform: Any assessment: anywhere by anyone.

Established Beachhead clients in UK Manufacturing, Silicon Valley and Australia

Grew to 100,000 users

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2005

Digital Innovation

Pioneered digital business management system assessments and automated reporting

Developed proprietary Assessment platform: Any assessment: anywhere by anyone.

Established Beachhead clients in UK Manufacturing, Silicon Valley and Australia

Grew to 100,000 users

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2010

Retreat and Counterattack

Retreated from Silicon Valley and the UK in the face of the Global Financial Crisis

Focus on Australia: Became platform for Tourism, Sport and Business programs.

Expanded across the Pacific with the Virtual Business Advisor program

Moved onto cloud with self, professional and hybrid assessment options.

Reached 200,000 users

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2010

Retreat and Counterattack

Retreated from Silicon Valley and the UK in the face of the Global Financial Crisis

Focus on Australia: Became platform for Tourism, Sport and Business programs.

Expanded across the Pacific with the Virtual Business Advisor program

Moved onto cloud with self, professional and hybrid assessment options.

Reached 200,000 users

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2015

Diversify into Compliance

Dominated the Horticultural compliance sector in NZ

Provided Assessment platform for Telarc (+50% of ISO solutions)

First Technology partner to GlobalG.A.P. worldwide

Grew to 400,000 users

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2015

Diversify into Compliance

Dominated the Horticultural compliance sector in NZ

Provided Assessment platform for Telarc (+50% of ISO solutions)

First Technology partner to GlobalG.A.P. worldwide

Grew to 400,000 users

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2020

Global Expansion

Evolved into a comprehensive platform serving multiple industries worldwide

Developed Associates Network: Europe, Singapore, Africa, Australia

Clients in Norway, Portugal, Switzerland, USA, Italy, USA

Peer Review platform for IQNet across 37 Certification Bodies

Launch of ESG solutions and gap analysis interface.

KPMG Global contract

Reached 500,000 users

ISO27001 Certification

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2020

Global Expansion

Evolved into a comprehensive platform serving multiple industries worldwide

Developed Associates Network: Europe, Singapore, Africa, Australia

Clients in Norway, Portugal, Switzerland, USA, Italy, USA

Peer Review platform for IQNet across 37 Certification Bodies

Launch of ESG solutions and gap analysis interface.

KPMG Global contract

Reached 500,000 users

ISO27001 Certification

Our Leadership Team

Alistair Niederer

Chief Executive Officer

London, UK

Europe and Global with expertise in business development, business process outsourcing and ESG

Keith Phillips

Executive Chairman and CMO

Auckland, NZ

Marketing, Strategy, Australia and New Zealand sales growing successful technology companies

Linda Kerkmann

Chief Operating Officer

Auckland, NZ

Oversight of all the clients and projects QLBS has been involving in with experiences of working in multinationals like Proctor and Gamble as well as startup technology companies

Louis Ormerod

Chief Information Officer

Auckland, NZ

Wide range of experiences in technical, applications, operating systems, computer languages, and web technologies

Steve Lewin

Founder and Chief Architect

Auckland, NZ

Steve pioneered the methodology that enables the capture of best-practice models as an audit framework

Our Associates

Joanne Henstock

Johannesburg, SA

Africa and Global ex partner/Big5 Professional services firms with expertise in ESG

David Horlock

Singapore

Asia Pacific and Global with expertise in Certification Bodies and Compliance

Pamela Branch

Ottawa, CA

Canadian based specialised in monitoring and evaluating international aid programmes

Jonas Mikkelsen

Copenhagen, DK

Organisational strategist helping organizations perform better by embracing AI technology

Malcolm Dunn

Sydney, AU

Australia based previous Managing Partner Accenture with focus on Mining, Energy and Infrastructure

ISO 27001:2013 Certified

Our ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification demonstrates our commitment to maintaining the highest standards of information security management.

Trust in our proven expertise, integrity, and dedication to excellence.