FAB GROUP - Key Persons


Amanda Blennerhassett

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager
Amanda has over 16 years' experience in successfully delivering business transformation projects utilising a collaborative approach. She has extensive experience manging projects, stakeholder engagement, leading change management, providing the guidance to ensure benefits, outcomes quality, timeframes, scope and budget targets are met. Prior to FAB Group Amanda has been consulting across the New Zealand I.T. sector.

Amy Justice

Job Titles:
  • Application Support and Training
Amy has a Bachelor of Information Sciences and brings many skills to the team in relation to coding, writing and delivering training and customer support. Prior to joining us, she worked for a digital finance start up, designing chat bot conversations and workflows and liaising with stakeholders to improve the applications experience.

Audrey Lee

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Co - Ordinator

Bridgette Lawrence

Job Titles:
  • Senior Clinical Advisor
I'm a Registered Nurse, co-owner of Caci Palmerston North with Liz, and the Senior Clinical Advisor...

Caci Beauty Therapist

Job Titles:
  • Caci Beauty Therapist Trainer
  • Clinic Owner, Sales Representative and National Manager
With over 10 years' experience within the industry, Debbie has had the good fortune to work as a Beauty Therapist, Clinic Owner, Sales Representative and National Manager. Debbie has also managed the skincare product development process from R&D through to completion. She brings a well-rounded set of skill and ideas to the Fab team.

Calvin Joseph

Job Titles:
  • Information Systems

Cara Jones

Job Titles:
  • Roaming Skin Therapist
Cara is an experience Beauty Therapist, focused on customer care. Having started her beauty career in 2012, she then spent 2 ½ years in London working and developing her skills further. Cara has a passion for delivering great skin treatments, while focused on giving her customers great results. For Cara, it is about making a difference for her customers, as well as giving sharing her expertise on skincare and home care too.

Charlotte Moon

Job Titles:
  • Finance Manager

Chelsea Cresswell

Job Titles:
  • Culture & Communications Manager
After graduating with a Bachelor of Sports Marketing, Chelsea pursued a marketing career in the sports industry before moving to Sony NZ, where she was responsible for coordinating local marketing communications. Chelsea joins the FAB Group team bringing over seven years marketing experience. She has a passion for event activations, public relations and communications. Chelsea is responsible for the marketing communications at FAB Group. She is the point of contact for internal and external communications, including newsletters, social media, print and media.

Chrissie Newland

Job Titles:
  • Caci Registered Nurse Trainer

Dale Irving

Job Titles:
  • Engineering & Supply Chain Manager
Dale has worked in the mechanical industry since 2007. He has valuable experience in the implementation of effective support systems and problem solving approaches. He has a passion for understanding and learning about new technology. His past experience means that he is customer focused and has a clear understanding of the importance of minimising equipment downtime.

David Smith - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder
  • Director
  • Member of the FAB Group Board
David is a co-founder of FAB Group. He has a BSc from Auckland University and an MBA from Open University (UK). David has a background in the IT industry and prior to FAB Group, was a Commercial Director for a UK based software development company. David is tenacious, creative and visionary and has a unique ability to make connections that others do not. He is the key driver in developing new ways to grow and develop the franchise and business model.

Dayna Plummer

Job Titles:
  • Training Co - Ordinator

Debbie Stevenson

Job Titles:
  • Clinic Operations Manager
With over 10 years' experience within the industry, Debbie has had the good fortune to work...

Dr Michelle Locke

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Clinical Advisory Board
  • Clinical Advisory Board Member
Michelle Locke is a highly regarded Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon at Middlemore Hospital with a sub-speciality...

Drift Stoddart - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Manager
Drift is an accomplished Manager with extensive experience in management roles in the UK, US, Australia and NZ. With a retail sales, marketing and operational focus, her most significant role was Country Manager overseeing 178 Bra's & Things stores across Australia with 2000 staff. She has also worked as National Operations Manager for K&K Fashions, Marketing Manager and Regional Manager for Overland and Mi Piaci Brands - and roles with Estee Lauder, Christian Dior, Prada Beauty and Yves Saint Laurent.

Emily Stevenson

Job Titles:
  • Product & Customer Strategy Manager
Emily has over 16 years' experience in marketing, brand and communications. She is creative and passionate about collaboration and strong systems to guide business processes.Prior to FAB Group she worked in the education sector. Emily oversees product and customer strategy.

Erin Gardner

Job Titles:
  • Business Performance Lead
With over 20 years' experience, Erin brings a wealth of experience in all aspects of the beauty industry. She has worked across many different platforms including successfully opening and managing Spa of the Year, being National Product Trainer, and a Business Development Manager. Her passion and drive is to coach and develop effective teams, to identify and implement strategic changes that enhance the customer journey and deliver effective business growth.

Fleur Evans

Job Titles:
  • Business Performance Manager
Fleur brings over 12 years experience in the beauty industry. Her journey has taken her from a qualified Beauty Therapist to General Manager of New Zealand's largest Day Spa Group. Her experience includes identifying, recruiting and developing a pool of talent both locally and internationally, coaching and driving performance, spa management and implementing sales strategies to enhance growth. In her previous role as Centre of Excellence Clinic and Training Manager, she enjoyed experiencing first-hand the remarkable difference Caci can make to women's lives. Now as Regional Sales Manager for Caci, Fleur is responsible for supporting Caci business owners and staff in achieving their business goals.

Fran Caliari-Pearce

Job Titles:
  • Chief of Staff
Fran has over 15 years experience in the skin and appearance industry. Her passion for exceptional customer service and empowering teams and culture ensures this is at the forefront of the FAB business.

Gavin Lonergan

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the FAB Group Board

Grace Forbes

Job Titles:
  • Distribution Customer Service Lead

Hayley Xu

Job Titles:
  • Application and Support Training

Heath Kerr

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the FAB Group Board

Hilary Metzger

Job Titles:
  • Franchise Development Manager
Before starting with Caci in 2002 Hilary had over 20 years' experience as a Registered Nurse. In the last 15 years she has had many roles at Caci including Registered Nurse, Treatment Provider, Manager, National Trainer, Treatment Coordinator and has even owned a successful clinic. Hilary brings this wealth of experience to her role as one of our Franchisee Development Managers. She has a great understanding of the day to day running of a clinic as well as extensive knowledge and experience of what it takes to be successful.

Hugo Jaramillo

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Accountant
Hugo has over 15 year's work experience as an Accounting Technician - Assistant Accountant. Responsible for accounts payable, cash flow reports, preparing fixed assets depreciation, prepayments, and accruals. Hugo also provides financial information by maintaining and reconciling accounts.

Immanuel Hipolito

Job Titles:
  • Distribution Inventory Controller

Jackie Smith

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the FAB Group Board

Jaimee Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Franchise Operations Manager

Jaimee Thompson - Chief Commercial Officer

Job Titles:
  • Chief Commercial Officer

Jonelle Akers

Job Titles:
  • Business Performance Manager
Jonelle has over 25 years experience working in varied retail management roles both here in NZ and the UK. These positions ranged from Regional Sales Manager, People & Development Manager (HR), and Operations/Business Manager. Her passion for people and her drive for engagement and results has enabled Jonelle to support her teams and their businesses to achieve great growth and success.

Kasey Clark

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Assistant
Kasey has been with FAB Group for over 5 years, joining with a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Film & Media. She first began at our Caci Mt Eden clinic, having had multiple roles within the company since. She is now at our Support Office in our Marketing team. In this role, Kasey works closely with all Caci clinics and customers around the nation. She also loves using her creative side, making videos and content for our many social platforms.

Katherine Williams

Job Titles:
  • Training Operations Manager
Katherine started with Caci in 2015 and has been working as an Educator in the industry for the past 4 years. As Training Operations Manager, she is heavily involved in the creation and development of training content and improving training facilitation by supporting our Caci Trainers and Academy team.

Kaye Winders

Job Titles:
  • Franchise & Sales Support Manager
Following years of territory sales, business development and training experience, Kaye joined the Caci team in Christchurch as a Treatment Coordinator, expressing her passion for the beauty industry and love for customer service, helping clients to look and feel their best. She enjoyed two and a half years in this role before joining the Fab Group team as the Business Development Manager and then, Regional Sales Manager. Kaye is now a part of our franchise operations team as Franchise & Sales Support Manager having a wealth of knowledge on the Caci brand and what makes a clinic successful.

Kellee Sandilands

Job Titles:
  • Franchise & Operations Support Manager

Kelly Bruce

Job Titles:
  • Caci Trainer & Clinical Support

Kelly Howarth

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Kristen McCarthy

Job Titles:
  • Communications Manager

Laura Fleming

Job Titles:
  • Digital Marketing Manager

Linda Sharrem

Job Titles:
  • National Skincare Trainer
After 20 years as a hairdresser Linda wanted a change, and completed a Beauty Therapy Degree. Linda's role at Beauty Distributors is to educate clients and stockists on the Murad skincare range, and help stockists run successful events. She believes that with a simple regime, everyone can look fresh and amazing. The most enjoyable part of her job is making a difference to people's lives. "I understand how bad skin can affect one's confidence, this is where I feel I can make a difference."

Lisa Tuhega

Job Titles:
  • Training Academy Facility Manager
Lisa has been with FAB Group since 2014, initially in frontline customer service, then 5yrs as distribution Assistant Manager. She now brings her wealth of experience in customer service and operations to the Training Academy Facilities Manager role. Lisa is responsible for supporting the Trainers in the day to day running of our Training academy workshops and training model management. Lisa is passionate about running a tight ship and makes it her priority to ensure things are done promptly and as efficient as possible!

Lyndal Huxford

Job Titles:
  • Caci Registered Nurse Trainer
Lyndal has worked in hospitality and customer care, which took her all over the world. She is an experienced nurse with a background in Community Primary Care & Acute Hospital environments. Lyndal has a great eye for detail and has a gentle calming nature, which enables her to build great relationships with customers. Lyndal is passionate about providing the best service possible to all customers to help them look and feel amazing.

Martina Wanakore

Job Titles:
  • MSL Team Leader
Martina has come from a management role in the retail sector and has over 30 years of customer service experience. At FAB, she's part of the MSL team, which handles all direct debit responsibilities for Caci. In this role, Martina is responsible for all client enquiries and direct debit processing and she works closely with the Caci Clinic teams and their clients to provide excellent service.

Melissa Bailey

Job Titles:
  • Group Marketing Manager
Melissa holds a Bachelor of Business, majoring in Marketing, and has been part of the Caci marketing team for over 5 years. Melissa is responsible for implementing brand and marketing strategy across the Caci group, along with looking after brand design nationwide. She is the first point of contact for Caci franchisees and works closely with them to activate local marketing promotions. She thrives on coming up with fresh ideas that get results and working with her like-minded team.

Mr Julian Lofts

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Clinical Advisory Board
  • Clinical Advisory Board Member
Julian Lofts is one of New Zealand's leading cosmetic surgeons. Julian works full time in private practice in Remuera, specialising in cosmetic and reconstructive breast surgery, body and face surgery as well as offering minor surgical procedures including skin cancer and melanoma removal. Julian has extensive experience with the Biodimensional® system of implants for reconstruction patients and recommend a range of implants including Polyurethane coated breast implants for cosmetic patients, while working alongside patients to ensure their expectations are met. My team and I provide the full range of cosmetic options including breast augmentation, breast reduction, breast lifts (mastopexies), male breast reduction (gynaecomastia) and breast reconstruction for women undergoing complete or partial mastectomy. In addition to breast surgery, I also offer facial rejuvenation options including facelifts, blepharoplasties (eyelids), otoplasty (ear surgery) and neck lifts.

Nhan Nguyen

Job Titles:
  • Caci Beauty Therapist Trainer

Penny Chapman

Job Titles:
  • General Manager
Penny started as National Sales and Events Manager with Support Office in 2008 and then went onto set up her own clinic in New Plymouth. After 5 year of owning New Plymouth she decided to purchase Caci Taupo. She has lived the trials and tribulations of being a clinic owner and has proven success in owning and managing these businesses. More recently she has been working across Business Performance, Franchise Development & Clinic Operations. As General Manager, Penny's role and responsibility firmly lie in the overseeing and performance of the franchise network.

Ranjit Mallela

Job Titles:
  • Data & Reporting Engineer

Renee Cave

Job Titles:
  • Roaming Skin Therapist
Renee joins Caci holding her CIDESCO Diploma & working in the industry since 2015 and experienced both in spa and skin clinic settings. Having a longstanding personal interest in skin, it has been a focal point of Renee's to constantly expand her knowledge for the benefit of her clients and utilise that knowledge to obtain results. She prides herself in ensuring her clients feel comfortable in her care & confident in their own skin.

Roshni Stracey

Job Titles:
  • Customer Service and Payment Processing Assistant

Roxayn Wright

Job Titles:
  • Finance Manager

Sam Benner

Job Titles:
  • Franchise Development Lead
With nearly 20 years experience managing franchises and agencies with national brands, including 8 years at Lotto NZ, Sam has a proven record of success

Sara Leitao

Job Titles:
  • Customer Success Specialist
Sara joined FAB Group holding a Bachelor of Communications majoring in Media Studies with a minor in Public Relations, as well as a diploma in Broadcasting. After working in the radio/media industry for 3 years, she arrived to FAB initially working in the Marketing department. She now works within our Communications team focusing on what customers are saying and what we can do as a company to improve the customer experience. She loves being part of a successful and driven team and has a passion for the industry, stays positive, and is always willing to learn something new.

Sarah McDonald

Job Titles:
  • People and Systems Coordinator
Sarah joined the team in 2012 with a passion for skin confidence, client relationship expertise and a flare for streamlining business process and systems. Sarah's cross functional skill set, business acumen and involvement in a variety of large projects and operational roles within the business, (including managing a high performing clinic) has lead to her happy place in the People and Culture team where she uses her background to advise the business in learning, organisational development and partner & employee experience

Shalu Shankar

Job Titles:
  • Caci Registered Nurse Trainer

Shamal Nath

Job Titles:
  • Technician
  • Field Service Assistant
After completing a Bachelor's of Engineering in 2018, Shamal has worked as a calibrations Technician in a confine space industry. His role included servicing the equipment used and providing technical supports to the client's. He is passionate about engineering and activities that include practical hands-on problems and solutions. Shamal is currently assisting the engineering team to service, repair and maintain the machines used in the clinics.

Simon Erceg

Job Titles:
  • Technical Service Engineer

Stevie Cooper

Job Titles:
  • Caci Trainer & Clinical Support

Susanne Schildbach

Job Titles:
  • Application and Support Training

Tania Deichert

Following 11 years in Account Management and Senior Sales Management, Tania joined the Caci family as a Treatment Coordinator, working in one of our highest volume clinics based in Wellington. There, she was able to utilise her experience and develop her skills further. She gained a real passion for the beauty and appearance industry, and enjoyed being part of a fantastic brand that focuses on results and meeting clients expectations.

Taryn Johnstone

Job Titles:
  • Training & Clinical Support Lead
Taryn has been in the beauty industry for over 18 years and with FAB Group for 9 of those years, her passion is to bring skin confidence to people and ensure they feel comfortable in their own skin. Taryn's experience in the industry has involved working in the UK, Australia and here in New Zealand. All her experience has lead her passion down the results driven treatments path and how to push the limits to achieve the desired outcome. Along Taryn's journey, she found supporting her peers and sharing her knowledge rewarding, this unfolded a passion for teaching and drive to encourage others to learn more and continue learning. Her role as National Trainer and Clinical support enables her to help grow and support our talented Beauty Therapists along with their own career journeys.

Teresa McCarthy

Job Titles:
  • MSL Administrator

Wendy Cain

Job Titles:
  • Accounts Assistant
Wendy is an incredibly experienced accounts clerk and has been with FAB Group for over six years. Prior to this she worked for Fuji Xerox for nine years in Accounts Receivable/Payable. Wendy is responsible for accounts payable, accounts receivable, and royalty invoicing.

Yasmin Shepherd - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
Prior to joining Fab Group, Yasmin spent 12 years with PwC working in both Auckland and Sydney offices where she predominantly worked on outsourced CFO engagements. As CFO, she is responsible for planning, implementing, managing and controlling all financial-related activities of the Group. She is passionate about the Caci brand and growing its success nationwide. Yasmin has a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Auckland and is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.