New Zealand Business Week 2019 Programme

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BUSINESS: NEW ZEALAND BUSINESS WEEK

2019 PROGRAMME

THE BRAVE THINKERS CONTENTS

This programme contains all the stuff you need to know about what’s going on over the next six days.

Code of Conduct 4

Location 5

Overview of the Event 7

Vision & Objectives 8

Meet the Crew 10

Meet the Business Coaches 12

Programme Overview 14

Sponsors Page 40

Thank You 43

THE BRAVE THINKERS // 2019 PROGRAMME 3 THE BRAVE THINKERS CODE OF CONDUCT

Welcome to NZBW The Brave Thinkers programme at College House at Palmerston North Boys High School, we are thrilled to have you all here. Before we get right into this exciting week, here are some housekeeping rules and general information:

●This is the home for a number of students, Car keys are to be handed in to the so please be respectful and show common manager for safekeeping. There should be courtesies. no need to use your vehicle during the week. There is a matron and sick bay area should you fall ill. Matron will be around all week. Valuables can be left at the office for safekeeping. The team chaperones will be in residence at all times. This is for everyone’s security ●Stay in the designated areas for your and safety. gender at the hostel.

You will need permission to leave the The Rec room has Sky TV, the channel is hostel/school and you MUST fill in the sign controlled from the Matron’s office. in / sign out sheet in the manager’s office. ●Curfew is 11pm, unless otherwise stated. The emergency evacuation meeting point This is strictly enforced. You must be in is in the grandstand on the main field. your areas; external doors will be locked at this time. No smoking is allowed. No alcohol and no chewing gum. It is your responsibility to ensure that you are on time for the events, although the team will be giving directions too.

Lastly, have fun!

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4 THE BRAVE THINKERS // 2019 PROGRAMME LOCATION PNBHS COLLEGE HOUSE HOSTEL

College House Hostel, Corner of North Street and Featherston Street Palmerston North.

The Hostel is located beyond the basketball courts at the corner of the sports field opposite Mitre 10 Mega, main entrance off North Street.

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THE BRAVE THINKERS OVERVIEW

The NZBW Committee would like to welcome you to Palmerston North and thank you for being part of the Brave Thinkers 2019 programme.

During the week, you’ll be encouraged to be bold in your thinking, you’ll learn about new business models, you’ll meet other business people and combine academic learning with business decision making.

The week has a strong emphasis on personal development - confidence, leadership, teamwork - and includes an extensive, supervised, social programme. We encourage you to have fun, meet new people, develop new skills and learn about business from your own discovery and from people who are out there doing it.

The crew is proud of this years programme and hope the inspiration and learnings you gain from this week guide your future career successes.

Congratulations on being Brave enough to attend.

Thanks

Annabel Whisker Project Manager

THE BRAVE THINKERS // 2019 PROGRAMME 7 Our VISION is to encourage brave business leaders who are courageous enough to ask questions, challenge the norm, and approach new ideas with confidence.

Our OBJECTIVES are;

• ●Finish the programme equipped with organisational skills that can help start, maintain and transform a business. • ●Possess the ability to instill values, facilitate the collaboration of ideas, as well as identify and encourage the strengths of others. • ●Be able to create meaningful and measurable goals, persist with difficult situations, and develop personal resistance by having a greater understanding of yourself. • Leave feeling inspired and excited by the calibre of speakers and workshops you have taken part in. • ●Leave with a greater knowledge of what the Manawatu has to offer in terms of career and lifestyle opportunities.

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INTRODUCING THE CREW

Ask these guys anything and they will do their best to come up with a solution for you.

ANNABEL WHISKER RYLEY SHORT Project Manager, Mum of 4, Assistant Project Manager, Farm and Forestry Business Partner Mum, Dairy Farm Business Partner 027 4483 777 021 379 539 [email protected] [email protected]

10 THE BRAVE THINKERS // 2019 PROGRAMME CHRISTINE JONES Area Commercial & Agribusiness Manager at Westpac, DAVID TWEED Mum, Business Owner Founder, Strategist, Director, Coach 027 516 7819 021 134 7669 [email protected] [email protected]

LATHAM LOCKWOOD MATT DAVIDSON LJ Hooker Real Estate Agent, PNBHS College House Manager, Facilitator, Great Hot Cross Bun Baker Dad, Awesome Hockey Player 027 474 6202 027 859 9721 [email protected] [email protected]

THE BRAVE THINKERS // 2019 PROGRAMME 11 Massoma Akhter Amsumathy Anilkumar Fraser Bell Thongphad Bounxou Craig Burton

Keisha Dais Sarah Gauthier Sarah Harris Brian Henderson Vito Ikenasio

Baoheng Ke Jeff King Paul Kirkby Simon Lynch Nathan Marsh

Bre McQuade Sarah McVerry Rohit Mohan Rodger Spillane Ian Tairea

Kylan Taylor Duncan Thomas Chris Torr Peter Wapp Nick Whisker Conrad Wilkshire AND H ERE A R E Y OUR B

These people will be your sounding board and oﬀer you guidance in the hope that you go out and crush it.

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CEDA, Economic 027 405 8127 a ar Development Manager New Zealand Army [email protected] Force Preparation Instructor, 027 721 6973 Sara arr [email protected] New Zealand Collective Blacksheepdesign 027 663 1977 Training Centre Marketing Co-ordinator MyFarm - Executive Assistant

T H E B R AV E THINKERS // 2 019 P R O G R AMM E 13 NOW HERE IS YOUR TIMETABLE

We have a very full and exciting programme lined up for you, to make sure you don’t miss anything please ensure you are punctual.

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PROGRAMME OVERVIEW DAY ONE

SUNDAY 7TH JULY Proudly supported by Toyota.

11.00am - 12.00pm 3.30pm Registrations The Challenge is set - meet your teammates & business mentors! 12.00pm David Tweed & Latham Lockwood Lunch  The Base

12.30pm 6.00pm Nau mai / Welcome Welcome Dinner - Clifford Brown smart casual dress code

12.40pm Dr Terry Macpherson - Director of Teaching & Learning Icebreaker Session in the Massey Business School Latham Lockwood & David Tweed  The Base 7.00pm Tetramap Workshop 2.15pm - What makes you tick Debbie’s Leadership Journey Latham Lockwood Debbie Pattullo  The Base  The Base 8.30pm 3.00pm Debrief Afternoon Tea Latham Lockwood

9.00pm Free time

 The Base

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Latham Lockwood

Tetramap facilitator, Ryla team member, Rotarian, NZBW - The Brave Thinkers programme committee member and of course Real Estate Agent for LJ Hooker Palmerston North. Latham also has a passion for not-for-profits and is an experienced governance member, being chairperson of two boards and giving strategic guidance to many other groups and organisations.

David Tweed Associate Professor David Tweed PhD, MBA, BAgrSc, CA

David is a member of faculty and subject matter expert in the School of Management at Massey University. He is the programme director for a national governance development programme championed by New Zealand’s largest cooperative. David has six years senior management experience and more than 20 years in governance roles. David worked with The Treasury for three years in the design and delivery of an advanced governance development programme for the directors of boards of New Zealand’s SOEs. He is a graduate of the Senior Executive Programme at the London Business School. Adding value to organisations in collaboration with their managers, councils, boards, and trusts, is what he most enjoys.

Debbie Pattullo Toyota General Manager - Customer, People & Business Support

Debbie started her career with Toyota NZ in 1990 in Johnsonville in marketing, then moved to the National Customer Centre, Manawatu in 1993, where she had roles in warrantyadministration, customer services and then became After Sales Marketing Manager.

In 2007, Debbie became Lexus Sales & Operations Manager and then in 2008 was appointed national Lexus National Manager until 2013.

Back in Palmerston North in 2014, Debbie moved from sales and marketing to human resources and became People Development Manager, where she drove a new focus on talent and leadership development. She was the first woman to be appointed to the Toyota NZ executive team as an assistant general manager in 2017.

She was promoted to General Manager Customer People and Business Support in June 2018.

Debbie is a champion of the Toyota approach of rotating senior managers through different business functions and is also working to encourage more women into senior leadership roles.

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Dr Terry Macpherson Director of Teaching & Learning in the Massey Business School

Terry is a proud Massey alumnus having gained his BBS degree and PhD with the Massey Business School. After having lectured in marketing for many years, Terry was appointed in 2014 as the Massey Business School Director, Teaching and Learning where he oversees the development of staff teaching, programme development, and the student experience. Terry is a passionate ambassador of the Massey Business School and its learning opportunities and great initiatives like the Brave Thinkers.

senior management experience and more than 20 years in governance roles. David worked with The Treasury for three years in the design and delivery of an advanced governance development programme for the directors of boards of New Zealand’s SOEs. He is a graduate of the Senior Executive Programme at the London Business School. Adding value to organisations in collaboration with their managers, councils, boards, and trusts, is what he most enjoys.

TetraMap Workshop

TetraMap® is a learning model created in NZ, Aotearoa and uses nature as a powerful metaphor for developing self-awareness, team cohesion, leadership capability and valuing diversity.

We create seriously fun learning experiences - which start with an understanding of self.

We ask the question Why Are You Like That? and use a process of discovery to explore and celebrate everyone’s uniqueness.

We support The Brave Thinkers programme because you have the power to change the world for the better and make a positive difference in the lives of others.

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MONDAY 8TH JULY Proudly supported by Westpac Bank.

7.30am 3.30pm Breakfast Depart Toyota to College House

8.30am 3.45pm Organic Development - Afternoon tea Build a stronger body and mind 4.00pm Ben James Team Session - Let’s be brave and let the  The Base planning begin!

10.30am Samantha Ellery & David Tweed Morning Tea and collect packed lunch Business Mentors attend  The Base / PNBHS - 11.00am A Block Class Rooms Westpac Ambassador 6.00pm Willie Apiata Dinner  The Base

7.00pm 12.15pm TetraMap Interactive Session Depart College House to Toyota Latham Lockwood 12.45pm  Toyota Head Office Business Visit 8.30pm Hosted by Kerrin Soderberg - Debrief Team Leader, People Development, Latham Lockwood Toyota New Zealand 9.00pm Free time

 The Base

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Organic Development

Organic Development is an organisation that provides training programs to develop, enrich and teach new skills and tools for you or your team. We offer programs to develop resilience, pushing you beyond your comfort zone to give you confidence and learn more about yourself. We offer Leadership programs, designed to develop your leadership skills through teaching humility, organisational skills and how to be a team player as well as a leader. Our wellness programs provide a holistic approach to creating an overall balanced and healthy lifestyle. We are also a group of passionate individuals with over 70 years combined experience dedicated to helping you reach and smash your goals. Our programs are suited for teams, school students, professional sports teams, workplaces, and individuals.

Willie Apiata

Willie Apiata is a quintessential Kiwi. His hardworking, humble and honest character, formed in his small town upbringing in Te Kaha and through his career in the New Zealand Army, led him to performing one of New Zealand’s most heroic acts of bravery.

In 2004 he was awarded the honourable Victoria Cross of New Zealand for the role he played in a firefight in Afghanistan as a Lance Corporal. In 2008, Apiata in a self-less gesture, donated his VC to the NZSAS Trust, so that “the medal is protected for future generations”.

His truly incredible story of courage, brotherhood and survival inspires Kiwi’s to be more resilient, community-minded and to treasure our loved-ones. This admirable attitude is why he is widely regarded as one of the most trusted New Zealanders.

Willie has worked alongside Westpac since 2014 to foster strong, supportive communities and mentor youth to become great leaders. Willie also represents New Zealand on the global stage, inspiring our sports teams, soldiers and attending official events.

Samantha Ellery Teacher of Social Sciences & Business Studies at Feilding High School

A born and breed Manawatu girl, Sam has been a Palmerston North Boys High School Business Studies teacher for the last three years, now teaching at Feilding High School. Sam has a wealth of knowledge in the business studies area and will share some tips on how to create not only a memorable presentation and but also a pitch, rich in good content.

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TUESDAY 9TH JULY Proudly supported by Central Economic Development Agency.

7.30am 1.30pm Breakfast Agricultural Entrepreneur

Stu Bradbury 8.30am  The Base Levno - Agri-Tech, Internet & Design-led Businesses 2.15pm Kate Gwilliam Co-Ed Café - Social Enterprise  The Base Claire Matheson

9.15am  The Base Meet Manawatu’s Young Guns 3.00pm Pearse McGougan, Afternoon Tea Johnelle Hosking, Chris Long & Stephanie Buckeridge 3.30pm  The Base Team Session

10.30am 4.00pm Morning Tea Team Session continues Business Mentors attend 11.00am  Planning Session with Latham to prepare PNBHS - A Block Class Rooms for Catriona Williams student led interview 6.00pm Debrief 12.00pm Latham Lockwood Team session preparation 6.30pm 12.30pm Dinner Lunch 7.00pm Free time

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Kate Gwilliam Levno

Kate Gwilliam is a director and the Business Development Manager of Zeddy, an agritech business producing cutting edge animal feed technology to the market. As well with being involved in the activities of other Ellison Group companies including Levno and Ensol. Kate and her husband Tom, run two dairy farms in the Manawatu and Horowhenua areas.

YOUNG GUNS PANEL

Pearse McGougan Sales Agronomist - Seeds and Cereals. Owner Proex

A Massey Agri Science graduate, business and property owner. Pearse will share his story so far and explain why the Manawatu is a great place to start a business and invest in property.

Chris Long Long Building Solutions

Chris Long here from Long Building Solutions. We are a locally owned and operated building business specializing in large house renovations, hard landscaping and rural building. With an energetic team of builders and a passion for delivering high quality finishing, we love working in the Manawatu. Along with my wife Jess, we also own Maple Fern - High Performing Homes which partners with LBS to deliver healthier, more sustainable, energy efficient homes.

With the ever changing building industry, our core focus is on developing and educating our staff, as well as challenging the status quo across our trade to help raise industry standards.

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Steph Buckeridge Creator and owner of Scrub Collab

Steph’s story started off a little differently, hear how winning the Sainsbury Award at Innovate 2017 launched The Scrub Collab. Handmade Body Scrubs, Lip Scrub, Foot Scrub, Hand Scrub, Bath Salts & Bath Slabs made from only the good ingredients!

After a couple of years working 8.30-5 Steph decided she wanted more than just that 8-5 life, since completely her Diploma of Business Studies at Massey, majoring in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Steph put her skills to the test and started her own business two years later Steph is now trying to sell her first business The Scrub Collab and is already working on project 2. She has learnt a lot about life, work & business and has some great business lessons!

Johnelle Hosking YES

Johnelle Hosking has a passion for people and community. Since relocating to Palmerston North in 2015 to be a co-host with Mike West in the morning on More FM, she has been involved with many community initiatives, including Big Brothers/Sisters, Future Leaders, Manawatu Young Chamber board and the DIGITS board. She’s a trained health coach who works as a project manager at The Factory, managing Young Enterprise Manawatu and the AgTech Hackathon, two programmes that inspire problem solving, team work, creativity, entrepreneurship and business development in young people. Johnelle is always up for a challenge and anything that will make her, or others grow.

Stu Bradbury

I grew up on a beef farm near Palmerston North, attended PNBHS and was planning to join the navy. Having passed all the tests and only needing to sign the form to enlist, I experienced what was New Zealand Business Week in my school holidays 19 years ago and never signed that dotted line. Instead; I went to Massey, did a mechatronics degree and started a business, then started another business, exited those, bought a farm, started another business, sold that and started another business and I currently work at Sprout Accelerator mentoring CEOs that are starting up agritech businesses.

I plan to take the room on a serial entrepreneur’s journey and then open up discussion around other often overlooked or hidden facets of starting a business like customer validation, value-based pricing, what does “start-up world” look like, pitching, vision and why it is important, customer experience design, or wherever the conversation takes us.

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Claire Matheson Co-Ed Cafe

Claire has been immersed in all things coffee for 25 years, both here in New Zealand and internationally. From humble roots as a barista to a founder of cafes, training schools and a coffee roastery.

Pouring coffee started as a job to kill time until she decided what she wanted to be when she grew up but turned into a passion and career leading to starting Colab Cafe, Coffee Educators and able Coffee Collaborative. An advocate for accessibility, sustainably and inclusion, Claire has lead the way in creating spaces where all people feel they are valued both behind and infront of the counter.

Working collaboratively with other like minded businesses, and charities, has provided the vehicle to change the way people look at disability and its place in society all over a cup of coffee.

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WEDNESDAY 10TH JULY Proudly supported by Blacksheepdesign.

6.45am 10.30am Breakfast Morning Tea

7.15am 11.00am Depart College House to Student led interview panel Blacksheepsesign Catriona Williams - CatWalk Trust

7.30am  The Base  Blacksheepdesign 12.15pm Business visit - branding, web and communications agency Lunch Hosted by: Mark Inman 12.45pm - Managing Director Organic Development

8.45am Ben James Depart Blacksheepdesign  PNBHS to College House 3.30pm 9.00am Afternoon Tea Pitchblack Partners Jono Key 4.00pm  The Base Team Session Business Mentors attend 9.45am  PNBHS - A Block Class Rooms The Long Way Home Rebecca Wardell 6.00pm  The Base Debrief

Latham Lockwood

6.30pm Dinner

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Jono Key Principal Partner Pitchblack

Over a career spanning 16 years I’ve worked as a strategic planner in both media and creative agencies. I believe the best ideas create their own momentum and from my experience it’s always been the blend of both media and creative thinking that makes this happen.

I’ve been lucky enough to work with some amazing brave clients on such campaigns as McWhopper, Steal Banksy and Love from Land Rover.

Now working with my partners at Pitchblack, we’re building a new agency model to meet the advertisings industries changing needs.

Rebecca Wardell

Rebecca will share her story of cycling from Switzerland (Lake Geneva) to New Zealand (Lake Hawea) a journey of more than 20’000km covering 19 countries over one year. Along with having an epic adventure the aims of the journey were to connect with as many school children and Olympic athletes as possible along the way and also raise money for a NZ based charity that aims to get high school aged girls into sport.

Having represented NZ at both the Olympic Games (2008) and Commonwealth Games (2006,2010) in the heptathlon she retired in 2012 and then went on to work for the NZ Olympic Committee and more recently the International Olympic Committee (IOC) based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It was here that she met two other kiwis and the idea of cycling home was born!

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Catriona Williams Catwalk Trust

Catriona Williams has ridden since she was four. Her illustrious equestrian career saw her reach the pinnacle of the show jumping and three-day event world.

She was twice winner of the New Zealand Pony of the Year, Two and Three Star National Titles and she represented New Zealand on the international eventing stage at Badminton and the Open European Championships as well as showjumping with a highlight being the World cup Final in Sweden. Her key target was the 2004 Athens Olympics.

After a devastating horse-riding accident in November 2002, Catriona was left a C6/C7 tetraplegic.

Following Catriona’s injury, a collection of friends and colleagues gathered together with the initial plan to raise funds for her. However, the bigger picture quickly became clear. A cure for all was Catriona’s dream, and in 2005, The CatWalk Spinal Cord Injury Trust was founded. www.catwalk.org.nz

Since that life-changing moment, Catriona has completed the New York Marathon, cycled 1000km from Lhasa in Tibet to Kathmandu in Nepal which including a world first to Everest Base Camp on a handcycle, was a finalist in the 2014 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year, inducted into the NZ Horse of the Year Show Hall of Fame and recognised in the 2014 Queens Birthday Honours list with a New Zealand Order of Merit. 2016 brought about a special win in the New Zealand Women of Influence Awards in the Community and Not-for- Profit division.

Catriona’s primary focus is staying fit and ready for a scientific breakthrough in spinal cord injury research. She does this by continually challenging herself (and her friends) with physical adventure as well as supporting CatWalk with innovative and fun fundraising initiatives.

Catriona is married to Sam and they have a son called Ted who is a chocolate labradoodle that Catriona has trained to assist her. Together they run Little Avondale, the oldest family owned thoroughbred stud in New Zealand. www.littleavondale.co.nz

“Life is about doing things not having… go do.” Catriona Williams

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Organic Development

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THURSDAY 11TH JULY Proudly supported by Massey University.

6.45am 9.00am Breakfast Dragons Den heat presentations

7.00am 11.30am Business plans due in to: Eat lunch before getting on the bus [email protected] 12.00pm 7.30am Depart Massey to Manawatu Golf Club Depart College House 12.15pm 8.00am  3Keys Business Networking Event Meet at Massy Student Enterprise 1.45pm 8.05am Depart Manawatu Golf Course to Welcome to Massey Wildbase Recovery Center Stephen Kelly, PVC Massey Business School 2.00pm  Wildbase Recovery Center Tour 8.15am Overview of Massey Business School 4.00pm Sam Richardson, Depart Wildbase Recovery Center to Head of Programmes College House

8.20am 4.15pm Q&A regarding enrollment, halls of Finalists announced. residence 4.30pm 8.30am Get ready for Formal Dinner Receive presentations hard copy 6.00pm 8.45am Property Brokers Formal Dinner Get ready to present Sponsors, Business mentors, guest speakers, local business people and local Govt. representatives will be in attendance.

The top 3 teams will present to the Dragons Den Panel

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Mike Clark Think Right Ltd

A few decades back, watching a work colleague become completely transformed after reading a self-help book set Palmerston North based business trainer, mentor and motivation speaker, Mike Clark, on the first step of a new journey. Mike discovered how your thought life creates the reality you live in. Working on the premise “Watch your thoughts, they become your words; watch your words, they become your actions; watch your actions, they become your habits; watch your habits, they become your character; watch your character, it becomes your destiny”, Mike inspires, trains and coaches thousands of people and businesses across New Zealand and the world - enabling them to discover how to change their thinking to get the results they are looking for. Mike’s breadth of experience, love of learning and passion for helping people to reach their potential is both refreshing and infectious.

Nicola Stone Massey University

Welcome to Palmerston North and congratulations on taking part in this fantastic programme. I was born and raised in Palmerston North. I have worked at Massey University for over 20 years and helped establish the internship courses in the Massey Business School where third year students have the opportunity to put theory into practice and gain valuable industry experience. I am part of the newly establish Student Enterprise Collective where students can develop entrepreneurship skills and bring ideas they have in mind to reality. My passion is working with businesses and students to help introduce them to the world of business, to challenge themselves and develop transferable skills. I look forward to welcoming you to campus this week!

Dr David Brougham PhD, MMS, BMS Massey University

Dr David Brougham is a Senior Lecturer in the Massey Business School, specialising in the future of work. David has taught both undergraduate and postgraduate papers in project management, leadership/ governance, human resource management and contemporary management. At present, he coordinates the School of Managements Capstone course.

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Jack Cranston Rodney Wong

For 30 years Jack worked in Auckland working in supervisory roles in Rodney Wong is a stalwart of the New Zealand food industry, with over factories making car components and furniture. twenty five years experience across the private and public sectors. With an initial background in production technology, 12 years as Chief Jack became a franchisee owner of McDonalds in 1988. Having 7 years executive of international brands such as Yoplait, Birdseye, Leggos, in Mission Bay, 12 years is Palmerston North and 8 years in Bulls. Jack and Edgell. - and more recently held senior roles with Noske Kaeser retired in 2015. NZ Ltd, Conzept Engineering Solutions Ltd; WMC Technology; Lindsay International and Lowe Products Ltd. He is a former Chair of Crop and He is married to Gaye has two children and 5 grandchildren(13-8) Food Research and led the merger to form Plant & Food Research Jack currently lives in Feilding, active member of Rotary club, is before becoming Deputy Chair. Dr Wong is a member of the Massey involved in Driver training as mentor (mostly school students) and Work University College of Business Advisory Board, and is also a Chartered Ready Passport as a interview panel member Fellow of the Institute of Directors; a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology; the Executive Chair of Speirs Nutritional LLP; Director of Scanpower Ltd ; the Chair of Manchester Noels Cook House Social Services LInc; and a Trustee of Central Energy Trust

I am a free thinking entrepreneur with a ton of failed ventures and a Rodney is a co-founder of Wildbase Recovery Centre and on project few successes that I am incredibly proud of. Despite dropping out team for NZ’s only Steven Adams Basketball court in Palmerston North. of Teachers College in my second year, I spent the next 20 years of my working life developing and implementing transition to work programmes for young adults in a number of different formats. Margaret Kouvelis CEO - Talent Central People In 2015 we put a team of qualified misfits together to create our innovate training company The GET Group (www.thegetgroup.co.nz) Together we are a Force for New Zealand. where our super power is ‘flexibility’. Margaret has a background in education, local government, business I have the desire to influence the educational landscape of New and consultancy. Zealand and I am super excited to be part of the Brave Thinkers Over 30 years in secondary education as a teacher in science, art and Programme to help encourage young minds as they embark on their music, she became an advisor to secondary schools and the first CE of leadership journey. NZ Teachers Council.

She has worked as a consultant in Qatar in the middle east in education David Tweed reform and in Beijing,in performing arts.

David is a member of faculty and subject matter expert in the School Margaret has owned and operated award winning “Poppies” an of Management at Massey University. He is the programme director for Independent Bookstore in Feilding and Wanganui before being lured a national governance development programme championed by New into local government where she served for seven years, six as Mayor Zealand’s largest cooperative. David has six years senior management of Manawatu District. experience and more than 20 years in governance roles. David worked Her work in championing young people’s education as well as with The Treasury for three years in the design and delivery of an economic development for the Manawatu region led to her advanced governance development programme for the directors establishing Talent Central as a charitable trust in 2016 and became of boards of New Zealand’s SOEs. He is a graduate of the Senior its first chair. Her passion is to ensure that young people today are Executive Programme at the London Business School. Adding value better equipped to make informed choices as to their possible future to organisations in collaboration with their managers, councils, boards, employment through meaningful pathways, innovation and leadership and trusts, is what he most enjoys.. opportunities within the region.

In 2018 she became the first CEO of Talent Central. She is also Chair of the Hilux NZ Rural Games and Chair of Te Manawa Family Services.

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Rodney Wong

Rodney Wong is a stalwart of the New Zealand food industry, with over twenty five years experience across the private and public sectors. With an initial background in production technology, 12 years as Chief executive of international brands such as Yoplait, Birdseye, Leggos, and Edgell. - and more recently held senior roles with Noske Kaeser NZ Ltd, Conzept Engineering Solutions Ltd; WMC Technology; Lindsay International and Lowe Products Ltd. He is a former Chair of Crop and Food Research and led the merger to form Plant & Food Research before becoming Deputy Chair. Dr Wong is a member of the Massey University College of Business Advisory Board, and is also a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Directors; a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology; the Executive Chair of Speirs Nutritional LLP; Director of Scanpower Ltd ; the Chair of Manchester House Social Services LInc; and a Trustee of Central Energy Trust

Rodney is a co-founder of Wildbase Recovery Centre and on project team for NZ’s only Steven Adams Basketball court in Palmerston North.

Margaret Kouvelis CEO - Talent Central People

Together we are a Force for New Zealand.

Margaret has a background in education, local government, business and consultancy.

Over 30 years in secondary education as a teacher in science, art and music, she became an advisor to secondary schools and the first CE of NZ Teachers Council.

She has worked as a consultant in Qatar in the middle east in education reform and in Beijing,in performing arts.

Margaret has owned and operated award winning “Poppies” an Independent Bookstore in Feilding and Wanganui before being lured into local government where she served for seven years, six as Mayor of Manawatu District.

Her work in championing young people’s education as well as economic development for the Manawatu region led to her establishing Talent Central as a charitable trust in 2016 and became its first chair. Her passion is to ensure that young people today are better equipped to make informed choices as to their possible future employment through meaningful pathways, innovation and leadership opportunities within the region.

In 2018 she became the first CEO of Talent Central. She is also Chair of the Hilux NZ Rural Games and Chair of Te Manawa Family Services.

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Susanne Hardy

I currently work at Toyota NZ in our Information Services Department, heading up Programme Planning, having recently moved from Marketing which was my passion for the past 8 years.

I’ve been lucky enough to work in several areas of the Toyota business over the last two decades, and am currently undertaking an Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) with Massey University to develop my wider knowledge across multiple disciplines.

I have strong values I’ve developed through personal and work situations; work ethic and doing the best job you can, being prepared but able to flex, resiliency & getting back up after a setback, being humble, smart and kind.

I love being creative, and enjoy the thrill of embarking on a new project and seeing something you become invested in come to life, from an idea to a reality.

To me it is about the why, not the status quo - know the why (or why not) first, then spend some time working out your business case, return on investment and what you are trying to achieve - all before the solution!

If you don’t know the problem you are trying to solve …it’s all the harder to see what the opportunities are.

DRAGONS DEN MCS

Art & Matilda Green

Art Green and Matilda Rice met on the first season of The Bachelor NZ in 2015. Since then, they have gone on to both become best-selling authors in their own right, Art with”Eat Clean Live Lean”, and Matilda with”The Lazy Girl’s Guide to Living a Beautiful Life” . The pair have worked with many brands including Subaru, Colgate Optic White and Jockey Underwear. They are huge fans of health and fitness, and have recently started a new business venture, Plate Up, a healthy ready made meals company. Recently married, proud new home owners and the exciting news that they are expecting a new addition to the family, 2019 is shaping up to be super-busy for the couple. They’re also hosting a podcast called Well&Good with Art&Matilda, which is all about health and wellness

34 THE BRAVE THINKERS // 2019 PROGRAMME THE BRAVE THINKERS // 2019 PROGRAMME 35 PROGRAMME OVERVIEW DAY SIX

FRIDAY 12TH JULY Proudly supported by Property Brokers.

Sleep in! Pack your bags and get ready for final guest speaker.

8.00am Breakfast

9.00am Wall Street to War Zone Mike Seawright Sponsored by: MyMahi - Jeff King

9.45am Sue Foley

10.30am Morning tea

11.00am Debrief, Reflection and Feedback Latham Lockwood

12.15pm Farewell Wiremu TeAweAwe

12.30pm Depart College House to Airport / Bus Station

36 THE BRAVE THINKERS // 2019 PROGRAMME SPEAKERS

Sue Foley Director of Corporate Affairs - Westpac

Ms Foley joined the Westpac New Zealand Executive Team in 2010 and is responsible for the delivery of the organisation’s reputation management, covering all aspects including media, government relations, and sponsorship and established their social media team. Prior to this Sue was at Massey University where she was Assistant Vice Chancellor, External Affairs responsible for its marketing and corporate communications, and a member of its Senior Leadership Team.

She has previously been General Manager Corporate Affairs of Toll NZ from 2003 - 2008, a period of significant change and public scrutiny for the organisation with the changes of ownership from Tranz Rail, and then to the New Zealand Government. Sue’s role was critical in establishing the communication of the change across all stakeholders, and in the management of those relationships. She was the company’s spokesperson during this time and dealt with numerous crisis management incidents.

Sue has also held senior roles across government, television and public relations including uniquely working for the Opposition Leader of both major political parties and is a former Chief of Staff TV3 News.

Her strong interest in the community is shown through her work as Chair of FoodHQ, a Director of CEDA, Trustee of the iSport Foundation with Richie McCaw and Dan Carter, Board of Trustees for Huntly Private School, Committee of Rangitikei Racing Club and former Chair of Sir Peter Blake Trust.

Sue is most passionate about encouraging people to step outside their comfort zone and realise just how good they are.

Mike Seawright

Since leaving the corporate world behind 15 years ago, kiwi Mike Seawright has been delivering humanitarian assistance to families living in the world’s conflict zones. He has provided medical aid in Iraq, Yemen and South Sudan, economic development and energy projects in Afghanistan, shelter and education aid in Pakistan and most recently Syria.

Frustrated that not enough was being done to help families affected by war and conflict Mike founded ReliefAid. With a simple vision of helping families who had no one else to turn too, ReliefAid has delivered life- saving aid to over 95,000 people in war torn Syria, and they are not stopping there.

THE BRAVE THINKERS // 2019 PROGRAMME 37 THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

A business programme and event of this scale and calibre cannot be achieved without the enormous support of our sponsors. We would like to say a huge thank-you to the below sponsors of which we could not do without.

GOLD SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

MyMahi, Organic Development,Talent Central, Manawatu Chamber of Commerce, Manawatu Distric Council, 3keys, Blacksheepdesign, Community Health Stores, Tetramap, Organic Development, Wild Mint Photo Booths, Sienna Reid Floral Designs, Latham Lockwood, Scullys

38 THE BRAVE THINKERS // 2019 PROGRAMME WE ARE HONOURED TO SAY THANK YOU

Thank you for attending, thank you for aspiring to make a change and finally thank you for the amazing impact you’ll make in the future. Now get out and take the leap, be fearless, be BRAVE.

THE BRAVE THINKERS // 2019 PROGRAMME 39 BUILDING BRAVE BUILDING BRAVE BUSINESS LEADERS BUSINESS LEADERS

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