Introducing new NZ Chamber board members for 2017-18
This week we extend a very warm welcome to new board members Lisa Reta, Commercial Manager at Steinweg Online, and Mark Thomas, Managing Director of Serviceworks Group.
For those of you who missed the NZ Chamber Annual general Meeting last week, here’s a brief introduction to our newest board members. If you haven’t met them already, be sure to introduce yourself to Lisa and Mark at our next Kiwi Networking Drinks night at McGettigan’s on Thursday October 26th.
Lisa Reta
Commercial manager,
Steinweg Group
Over the last four years, Lisa has been a regular sight at the New Zealand Chamber of Commerce, attending many functions – from networking and social activities to sports and professional events. An avid netballer and touch rugby enthusiast, Lisa is active in multiple sports clubs, including NZ Flyers Netball and Bro Town Touch Rugby Club.
She has more than 10 years of international marketing and communications experience in the financial sector across the UK, ASEAN, and Australia/New Zealand. She recently she took on the role of Commercial Manager at overseeing BD, comms, and marketing for a fast-growing tech company.
Prior to shifting to Singapore in 2013, Lisa lived in London and worked in the financial marketing sector, spending her downtime taking advantage of cheap flights and a close proximity to Europe.
She grew up in a small town on the Hauraki Plains before moving to Wellington to attend Victoria University completing her BCA, majoring in Management and e-commerce.
Mark Thomas
Managing Director, Serviceworks Group
www.serviceworks.co.nz
Mark has 20 years experience working with prominent international and New Zealand-based companies. He founded strategy and marketing consulting business Serviceworks Group Ltd in 2005 after ten years in senior corporate roles.
The company works principally helping to develop and implement leading-edge city transformation strategies. He has worked with international corporate clients, public sector agencies and SMEs in a wide range of sectors including: infrastructure/outsourcing, information and financial services, health and retail.
Mark has extensive local government and public sector experience. He was an elected member of Australasia’s largest local authority the Auckland Council from 2010 to 2016. As a Deputy Chair of the Orakei Local Board of Auckland council, Mark led the strategy, planning and economic development areas.
He has extensive governance experience in public sector and not for profit organisations and with privately held companies. The New Zealand Government appointed him to its Rules Reduction Taskforce in 2005. Mark is a member of the NZ Institute of Directors.
He has been active with both the Auckland Chamber of Commerce and the Auckland-based Employers and Manufacturers Association. He was also a member of a local business association board in Auckland for six years. Mark would like to use this experience to help support enterprise and develop linkages for Singapore-based kiwi business by being more involved with the New Zealand Chamber of Commerce.
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At the 2017 AGM, we said good bye to departing board members Martin Aitchison, Jenny Morel, Claire Heaton and Michaela Anchan, and we thanked them for all their hard work and commitment over the years. Between them they have been instrumental in shaping the Chamber, and while they will continue as ordinary members, their input to the board will be missed. Thanks again Martin, Jenny, Claire and Michaela.
Board members staying on for the next term are Dr. Vivienne Hunt, Nick Vanderlolk, Tania O’Brien, Ben Smith, Kevin Ha, and Rory Fitzpatrick. To see the full list of board members, please see the board page.
