The Advancing Manufacturing Council is made up of a range of cross-sector stakeholders. The Council takes the manufacturing industry’s feedback and ideas and makes recommendations to the Advanced Manufacturing Aotearoa board, as well as providing feedback and updates on Industry priorities and initiatives back to the Regional Groups.
Representatives from AMA Regional Action Groups
- Fiona Bycroft | CEO | Naut Limited | Northland
- Rob Woolner | Managing Director | Autex Industries | Auckland
- Muneesh Mudaliar | GM Automation & Operational Technology | Fonterra | Auckland
- Howard Fountaine | General Manager | APL | Waikato
- Ash Nicholson | COO | Bluelab Group | Bay of Plenty
- Michael McInnarney | Head of Manufacturing | Resene | Lower North Island
- Andrew Dallison | Partner | Oxygen8 | Canterbury
- Chris Rodley | CEO | SnapCore | Nelson-Marlborough
- Sarah Ramsay | CEO | United Machinists | Dunedin
- Gareth Dykes | Co owner & Managing Director | Fi Innovations | Southland
Representatives from Advanced Manufacturing Implementation Groups
- Trina Tamati | Kaiarahi (Māori Industry Action Group)
- Lisa Meto Fox | Programme Manager | The Southern Initiative (Pacific Peoples Advanced Manufacturing Group)
- Luke Spencer | Business Development Manager | Auckland Uniservices (University & Research Institute Advanced Manufacturing Group)
Representatives from Industry Bodies
- Mike Pretty | Chair | NZ Food & Grocery Council
- Patrick McKibbin | CEO | Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce
- Simon Arcus | CEO | Business Central
- Ruth Cobb | CEO | PrintNZ
- Jane Finlayson | Head of Manufacturing | EMA
Other Stakeholder Groups
- Nathan Stantiall | Group Leader of Product Management | Callaghan Innovation
- Richard Cotman | Sector Lead, Manufacturing | New Zealand Trade & Enterprise
- Philip Alexander-Crawford | CEO | Hanga Aro Rau
- Steve Wilson | Co-Chair | NZ Product Accelerator