Standards Committee Chair (New Zealand) Dr Richard Ellis

Richard is a proud physiotherapist and New Zealander. He has been an Executive Committee member and Treasurer of IFOMPT (2020-2024), was the New Zealand Member Organisation (NZMPA) delegate from 2017-2020, and was the President of NZMPA (2013-2017). He lives on the beautiful North Shore of Auckland (NZ), along with his wife Kate (also a physiotherapist) and two children Jake and Lilah. Outside or work and family life, Richard is keen on all sports, and is in mad pursuit of becoming a single-figure handicap golfer!

Richard is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physiotherapy at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) in New Zealand (https://academics.aut.ac.nz/richard.ellis). He teaches on both the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the fields of musculoskeletal physiotherapy, manual and manipulative therapy, biomechanics, ultrasound imaging and research. Richard is also the Director of Active Living and Rehabilitation: Aotearoa New Zealand (https://hrri.aut.ac.nz/research-activities/active-living-and-rehabilitation) research group within the School of Clinical Sciences at AUT. External to AUT, Richard is a an Associate Editor for the New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy and a member of the Osteoarthritis Aotearoa New Zealand research network.