EXPORTNZ NATIONAL BOARD MEMBERS
Sir Kenneth Stevens KNZM – Chairman
Sir Kenneth is the founder, owner and Executive Chair of Glidepath which produces computerised airport baggage handling and security, cargo handling and parcel sorting systems. Glidepath has manufacturing facilities in the US and subsidiary companies in Canada, Latin America and Australia, along with manufacturing operations in its Auckland head office.
Phil O'Reilly – Chief Executive
Phil O’Reilly is Chief Executive of BusinessNZ, New Zealand’s largest business advocacy group, representing thousands of businesses of all sizes. The BusinessNZ group includes four large regional business associations, the Major Companies Group, ExportNZ, ManufacturingNZ, more than 70 affiliated industry associations and BuyNZ Made.
New Zealand Listener magazine voted Phil 3rd on the Power and Influence List of 2009, Business and Economy, describing him as, “one of the most effective lobbyists we have seen in a long time.”
Internationally, Phil represents New Zealand employers at the International Labour Organisation, contributes to the governing body of the ILO, and is a delegate to the Business & Industry Advisory Council of the OECD.
Nationally, Phil chairs the Government’s Capitalising on Research & Development Action Group, the Redundancy and Employment Transition Advisory Group; is Joint Chair of the NZ Workplace Health & Safety Council; and is a board member of the Foundation for Science, Research & Technology and the Royal Society of NZ, and serves on a number of other Ministerial and advisory groups.
Craig Ellison – Board Member
As well as sitting on the Export NZ board, Craig also sits on the Board of NZTE, Airways Corp, NIWA, Absolute Foods, Seafoods Standards Council, is director of Foodstuffs Fresh (Auckland) Limited, and Chair of the Business Capability Partnership.
Rob Jeffrey – Board Member
Rob is Chairman of Kiwifruit Processing Co, Director of a number of family company investments, and Managing Director of Jeffco International Ltd, which has been in livestock and agri business exports since 1960. Rob has held a number of Directorships in both the Dairy and Pork Industries and was acting Chair of Export New Zealand prior to its alliance with Business NZ. He was awarded the ONZM for his contribution to Agriculture and Export in 2004.
Sarah Gibbs – Board Member
Sarah Gibbs worked in corporate finance in Hong Kong, South Africa and London before returning to New Zealand to run her own company manufacturing ingredients for the natural cosmetics and supplements industries in 1998. Sarah established natural skincare brand Trilogy with her sister Catherine de Groot in 2002. In just eight years Sarah and Catherine have built their business from a boutique local operation into a recognised and admired international brand. Today Trilogy's product range of 40 face, body and hair care products is sold in over 3,500 stores in 16 international markets including the United Kingdom and Ireland, Australasia and Asia.
In 2006 Trilogy was the third fastest growing New Zealand business on the Deloitte/Unlimited fast 50 index with a staggering 690% growth and it has appeared on this index for three consecutive years. Trilogy was named Emerging Exporter of the Year at the 2005 ANZ Wellington Exporter of the Year Awards and in 2010 Trilogy won the Supreme Wellington Gold Award.
Tony Nowell – Board Member
Tony is the New Zealand Representative on the APEC Business Advisory Council, Board Member of the Asia NZ Foundation, and Chair of the New Zealand Packaging Accord Governing Council.
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