Michael Rowland Stanley CNZM (born 6 November 1957) is a New Zealand sports administrator and former representative rower.

[4] At the 1982 World Rowing Championships at Rotsee, Switzerland, he won a gold medal with the New Zealand eight in the stroke seat.

[5] At the 1983 World Rowing Championships at Wedau in Duisburg, Germany, he won a gold medal with the New Zealand eight in the stroke seat.

He coached the rowing team, and the Westlake boat won the Springbok Shield in 1989 and 1991, with his school coming second in the Maadi Cup in both those years.

From 2005, he was a member of the New Zealand Olympic Committee, and since 2009, he has been president of the organisation,[2][10] when he succeeded Sir Eion Edgar.