Ceillhe Tewhare Teneti Hema Sperath is a New Zealand Maori from the north and the Ngapuhi tribe, plus on her paternal side the bonus of an Irish father. Ceillhe is highly-experienced in Quality and Risk Management as well as Consulting in a wide variety of areas, having previously worked for 13 years os National Quality and Risk Manager for the global accounting firm Ernst & Young. She is also a direct descendant of two significant Maori signatories on the Treaty of Waitangi - New Zealand's founding document in 1840.