There are 10 Regional Business Groups spanning the country, representing manufacturing businesses and local partner organisations, well as central and local government.
Regional Action Groups and their representatives
Northland
Andrew Rippon | Manufacturing Manager | SupaColour
Bruce Larsen | General Manager | Northpine
Fiona Bycroft | CEO & Co-Founder | Naut
Michelle Boyce | Production & Operations Manager | Hansen Products
Rob Kirwan | CEO | Culham Engineering
Fraser Haldane | GM NZ Operations | Donovan Group
Carl Muller | General Manager | Olivado
Sue Dobbie | Chief Connector | Ngawha Innovation & Enterprise Park
Lyndsay Jobin | Customer Manager Northland | NZTE
Auckland
David Fargier | COO | Temperzone
Laurie Kubiak | CEO | Nautech
Tracy Chen | Sustainability Manager | Bremworth
Arron Sands | CEO | Buckley Systems
Rob Woolner | Managing Director | Autex Industries
Nick Coubray | CEO | Howick Ltd
John Cochrane | Managing Director | Facteon Group
Greg Heeley | CTO | Sistema Plastics
David Welsh | GM Commercial Concrete Division | Fletcher Building
Mike Edgington | General Manager | Railblaza
David M. Sweas | CEO | Dodson Motorsport
Muneesh Mudaliar | GM Automation & Operational Technology | Fonterra
Andrew Sharp | Group CEO | Helios Power Solutions
Phil Robson | Segment Manager Manufacturing | Beca
Konstantin Selitskiy | Growth Programme Specialist | Tataki Auckland Unlimited
Dr. Kristine Hulse | General Manager | NZ Product Accelerator
Angela Huxford | Director Export Customers (Manufacturing) & Regional Manager Auckland | NZTE
Waikato
Heather Allen | Director | ES Plastics
Hillary Sharp | CEO | ES Medical
Lawrence Baker | COO | Tidd Ross Todd
Howard Fountaine | General Manager | APL
Martin Vogel | CEO | Hansa Products
Sandy Hickey | Customer Manager | NZTE
Justin Brien | Commercial Manager | Stainless Design
Stephen Burrows | CEO | NZAero
Les Roa | CEO | Longveld
Chris Singleton | Head of Product Development & Systems Engineering | Waikato Milking Systems
TBC | GM Manufacturing | Gallagher Group
Hendri Barnard | Associate Process Engineer | Beca
Bay of Plenty
Kevin Flint | CEO | Oasis Engineering
Warwick Downing | CEO | RAM3D
David Walker | Plant Manager | Bay Blinds
Mark Findlay | General Manager | Powerglide Elevators
Gareth Fergus | COO | Trimax Mowing Systems
Ash Nicholson | COO | BlueLab
Tony Clark | Manufacturing Manager | Lawter Ltd
Greg Knight | CEO | Florentines Patisserie
Alan Suttcliffe | CEO | Page Macrae Engineering
Craig Wilson | CEO | Kilwell Fibretube
Peter McCormick | Managing Director | Shotdarts
David Cotter | Customer Manager | NZTE
Mike Pond | Market Segment Leader – Manufacturing | Beca
Nick Looijen | Managing Director | Hayes International
David Akers | Founder | Zorb
Canterbury
Glen Hansen | Group Financial Controller | Vortex Engineering Group
Andrew Dallison | Partner | Oxygen-8
John Down | Managing Director | ENI Engineering
Marian Tredinncik | Group Finance & HR Manager | EPL Group
Roland Summer | CEO | Argus Group
Kim Holden | General Manager | Untouched World
Rob Carroll | Operations Manager | Hamilton Jet
Qing Qu | Director | Agen Ltd
Pru Chapman | Director | N K Windows
Gary Altenburg | Managing Director | MWF Manufacturing
Nelson Thelning | Managing Director | Thelning Design Innovation
Ravi Sanyal | Director | Virtual Guard Ltd TA Techmatics Ltd
Steve Gallop | CEO | Inkwise
Dieter Adam | Community Champion | MAKENZ
Keith Mitchell | Customer Manager | NZTE
Sean Doherty | Product Manager Industry 4.0 | Callaghan Innovation
John Hamilton | Canterbury Employers Chamber of Commerce
Daniel Thompson | Canterbury Employers Chamber of Commerce
Martin Cudd | GM Innovation Business Growth | CanterburyNZ
Otago/Southland
Gareth Evans | CEO | Farra Engineering
Sarah Ramsay | CEO | United Machinists
Gareth Dykes | CEO | Fi Innovations
Adam Liberatore | Lecturer | Otago Ploytechnic
Chris Hughes | Managing Director | MPE Ltd
Phil McDowell | Managing Director | E-Type Engineering
Joanna Schmelz | Talent Acquisition Partner | Fisher Paykel Appliances
Leon Daley | Superintendent of Engineering and Projects | NZ Aluminium Smelter
Steph Olsen | Managing Director | SiteWeld
James Bracewell | Skills Partnership Manager | Business South - SOREC
Nelson/Marlborough
Chris Rodley | CEO | SnapCore
Marina Hirst Tristram | General Manager Sales and Marketing | Kono
Simon Thomas | Managing Director | Tasman Bay Foods
Gerard Woods | CEO | Switch Lighting
Fiona Wilson | CEO | Nelson Regional Development Agency
TBC | Customer Manager Manufacturing | NZTE
Lower North Island
Michael McInnarney | Manufacturing Manager | Resene
Richard Shearer | CEO & Co-Founder | QP Sport
Greg Jones | Production Manager | Howard Wright
Catherine Taiapa | Research & Development Manager | Armatec Environmental
Kirsten Smith | IT Manager | McKechnie Aluminium Solutions
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