YOUNG - Key Persons
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- Otago Regional Coordinator
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- Knowledge Tree " 027 28 48 746
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- Trustee
- Managing Director at Accenture New Zealand
- Managing Director, Accenture
Andy Symons is Managing Director at Accenture New Zealand where he focuses on key client relationships. His professional experience includes a number of executive and professional services roles including Chief Revenue and Customer Officer at Stuff, and Partner at PwC NZ where he was Financial Services Leader, and Innovation Partner. Prior to this Andy has significant executive leadership and financial services experience and his roles have varied from corporate executive to CEO to startup founder and have seen him work with the likes of National Australia Bank, Bank of New Zealand and Loyalty New Zealand. Andy is known as a creative customer-focused leader, loves working with Small Business and has broad expertise including customer strategy, and digital transformation across many industries. Andy is a country boy at heart, farming just outside Auckland where his family raise cattle and run a boutique vineyard.
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- Chairman, the Fletcher Trust
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- Chief Executive, Employers & Manufacturers Association ( Northern )
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- Trustee
- CEO, New Zealand Story
David has had a successful career in both private and public sector with senior roles at organisations such as Microsoft, and NZTE. These days he is CEO of The New Zealand Story, an ambitious organisation marketing New Zealand to the world. He sits on a number of boards including as chairman of The Icehouse, the Hi-Tech Trust and the Well Foundation. David co-founded sosbusiness.nz, a not-for-profit initiatives to help cafes and other small businesses during Covid-19. It has sold over $2 million in vouchers for over 2,500 small businesses. David is a published author on innovation and his books include No.8 Re-wired, No.8 Recharged and Silver Linings. He's an ex-comedian, TV and Radio actor, semi-finalist for New Zealander of the Year, and is a genetically modified organism who documented his battle with cancer in his book A Mild Touch of the Cancer.
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- General Manager - Tākina Commercial Development, Wellington City Council
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- Finance & HR Coordinator
- Manawatu Regional Coordinator
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- Māori Capability Lead, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
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- Hawkes Bay Regional Coordinator
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- Northland Regional Coordinator
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- Auckland Regional Coordinator
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- Chairman, Pushpay Holdings Limited
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- Otago Regional Coordinator
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- Canterbury Regional Coordinator
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- Trustee
- General Manager, Commercial Investment, TN2T
Jamie has had a varied career with senior roles at PwC, EY, ASB and the BNZ. He is an experienced business adviser with a big background working with small and large businesses from start-ups to multi-national exporting companies across the motu. He is currently the GM of Strategic Investments for Tauhara North No2 Trust taking care of all its investments for the benefit of its 10,000 beneficiaries. He is heavily involved in some other unique not-for profits like the Whāriki Māori Business Network that brings together the Māori business community to strengthen relationships and promote Māori business excellence. Currently sits on the National Executive for Nga Kaitatau Māori o Aotearoa (National Maori Accountants Network) as it prepares to host an Indigenous Finance Conference in 2024.
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- Rotorua & Taupō Regional Coordinator
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- Director, Glenice & John Gallagher Foundation
John Gallagher (CNZM. JP), Director, Glenice & John Gallagher Foundation
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- Otago Regional Coordinator
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- Canterbury Regional Coordinator
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- Director, Crombie Lockwood Limited
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- Chief Executive, Institute of Directors
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- Wellington Regional Coordinator
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- Trustee
- Chief Executive, Accuro Health
Lance has held CEO roles across the private and public sector, including Loyalty New Zealand (Fly Buys), Cigna Insurance and WellingtonNZ (the economic development agency for the Wellington region). He is currently CEO of Accuro Health Insurance and Chair of innovation and start up incubation company CreativeHQ. He is also a trustee of the Wellington regional sports trust, Nuku Ora. Graduating with a law degree from Victoria University, Lance's career began in marketing and advertising on both the client and agency sides, culminating in the creation of his own marketing and advertising consultancy which later became part of the global DDB advertising group.
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- Southland Regional Coordinator
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- Waikato Regional Coordinator
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- Vice President Mobility and Convenience Australia and NZ and Head of Country NZ, Bp New Zealand Ltd
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- Knowledge Tree " 021 0811 6593
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- West Coast Regional Coordinator
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- Cook Islands Regional Coordinator
- Student Wrangler
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- Comms and Marketing Advisor & Alumni Programme Manager
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- Student Wrangler
- Western Bay of Plenty Regional Coordinator
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- Company Director, Finchley Holdings Limited
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- Head of Feeder Programmes
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- Chief Executive, Auckland Kindergarten Association
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- Chairman
- Principal, Northcote Intermediate
Phil Muir brings to the Board experience in a critical sector for us - education! Having been the Deputy Principal at Manurewa High School when they introduced YES in 2012, Phil is a raving fan through and through. Not only did Phil introduce our flagship programme at Manurewa High School, but was a key driver of setting up the Manurewa High School Business Academy with a focus of driving enterprise education within all areas and year levels of the school. After 20 exciting years at Manurewa High, Phil moved to become the Regional Principal for Westmount Schools and once again introduced YES into the curriculum there. He has since changed focus and now believes that the greatest potential for igniting students' passion about their future lies in intermediate schools. As Area Leader at Farm Cove Intermediate he integrated a term-long enterprise programme, similar to the Business Challenge. Phil believes that the way of the future in education lies with YES. He is now the Principal at Northcote Intermediate School and is implementing new initiatives there to get his students thinking about enterprise at a young age.
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- Chairman, the Todd Foundation Ltd
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- Knowledge Tree " 027 414 4355
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- Director, Gallagher Group Ltd
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- Chief Executive, Top Energy
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- Advisor
- Independent Director
- Trustee
- Head of Design at ANZ
Sachi is Head of Design at ANZ. She has worked in digital and design for over 25 years, spending most of her whole career creating and designing digital experiences centred on people. As a proud Pasifika woman, she has a particular interest in diversity, equity and inclusion. She has spoken out about the need for more diversity within the technology workforce and the impacts it can have on the technology we create. She also mentors and coaches Pasifika youth and is a Pasifika SME advisor for a number of IT education courses. Outside of work, Sachi is married with two children and lives in Wellington. She stays grounded by volunteering at the local hospice as a Biographer and is a member of the Volunteers Advisory Council.
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- Auckland Regional Coordinator
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- Tairāwhiti Regional Coordinator
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- Trustee
- Managing Director of Cluster Consulting Group
Sheena is the Managing Director of Cluster Consulting Group and is a Christchurch-based consultant specialising in business leadership, branding and corporate advisory work. She has over 25 years of business and over 15 years as a professional director. Sheena's experience spans locally and internationally. She has led large businesses successfully, latterly within Fonterra where she held several senior roles.
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- Taranaki Regional Coordinator
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- Knowledge Tree " 027 342 6274
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- South Canterbury Regional Coordinator
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- Knowledge Tree " 021 950 567
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- Chief Executive, Jucy Snooze
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- Chief Executive, Just Life Group
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- Nelson & Marlborough Regional Coordinator