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Anita Keestra
Anita currently works for Auckland Tourism, Events & Economic Development (ATEED) Ltd, an Auckland Council Organisation. She has worked in Business & Economic Development area for the last 17 years and has also lectured extensively in business, organisation management and other related areas. She holds a Graduate Diploma in Economic Development, a Bachelor of Education (Adult Ed.), an MBA and was awarded the Sir James Fletcher Award for Outstanding Contribution to Enterprise in 2008. Anita is an experienced business person and has operated her own desktop publishing business from 1994–1999 (part-time) and is now the Managing Director of her own training consultancy (Action Training Ltd), freelance photography and Importing/Distribution company (Keestra Enterprises Ltd) . She is an Accredited Business Consultant and a member of the Institute of Accredited Business Consultants (NZ) Inc., on the Business College NZ Ltd industry consultation advisory committee, a member of the VELC Women’s Business Network Club and a Justice of Peace (JP). Anita is committed to building strong relationships, passionate about life-long learning and developing people. She believes in an organisation culture that values people at all levels.
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Dr M. Daud Ahmed, PhD
Dr. Daud Ahmed is the former Deputy Chair of the ARMS Trust Board. Daud is an expert of management science and information systems, and currently working as the Research Leader of the Faculty of Business, Manukau Institute of Technology. He also supervises doctorial students from the University of Auckland, and Southern Cross University of Australia. He has significant publications on roadmap and framework of decision support systems, sustainability and sustainable business transformation modelling and reporting, and business process management. He has an extensive background in management consultation and systems development. Dr. Ahmed is the current President of Bangladesh New Zealand Friendship Society, Auckland.
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Kanchan Bandyopadhyay
Kanchan has lived in NZ for almost 14 years, having moved from Australia, and is currently the National Assessment Moderator - Accounting and Business Studies. He lives in Auckland, but his role takes him to all parts of New Zealand, working alongside teachers and academics nationwide. In 2008-10, he moved to the Hawkes' Bay as a teacher, but the lure of friends and life in Auckland called him back. Prior to that move, he lectured at Unitec in Finance and Economics and had taught at Kings College, Auckland Grammar School and King's Preparatory.
In addition to his Board role at ARMS, Kanchan is a Board member of Auckland University Cricket Club and involved with NZ Institute of Chartered Accountants as a facilitator for their year-long Chartered Accountancy programme. Outside his professional life, Kanchan tries to spend as much time with his wife Mindy, and children Darien and Sachin and is in involved in his theatre company, Prayas (which brings Indian culture to English speaking audiences), racing along ski slopes and trying to lower his golf handicap (with minimal success).
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Kai Luey (QSM)
Kai was born in New Zealand and is of Chinese heritage. He is now retired, but previously his professional background included electrical engineering, international marketing, and general management. Kai has been extremely prominent for many years in the New Zealand Chinese community, holding executive and advisory roles for a number of significant Associations, Trusts, and Clubs.
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Kave S. Paky
Kave came to New Zealand with her family five years ago, with her country of origin being the Democratic Republic of Congo. A trained teacher with an MA in English, she has been active in the Auckland French-speaking refugee communities as an interpreter, cross-cultural worker, and co-facilitator of employment assistance programmes.
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Pramjit Rai Suchdev (Jeet) – QSM - JP
Jeet came to New Zealand from India 24 years ago. Since then, he has been very active in assisting new migrants of all ages with settlement and social integration. He has also coordinated major Indian festivals. Jeet is Chairperson of Bhartiya Samaj Charitable Trust and is a member representing the Indian community on the Ethnic Peoples Advisory Panel as appointed by His Worship the Mayor Len Brown. Jeet also has experience in the small business sector, particularly in the hospitality and tourism fields.
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Pieter de Zwart
After a varied career in aviation Pieter came to New Zealand from Holland in 1981. In NZ too he has worked in a range of positions across a number of industries, such as, hospitality, retail, IT and consultancy services. A licensed immigration adviser he assists people from all over the world migrate to NZ and provides small business set up and mentoring. He was one of the organisers of the 3 day 1992 Holland Carnival and is the author of ‘Nieuw-Zeeland van A tot Z’, a migrant settlement information book for Dutch migrants. He started the first migrant settlement workshops in 1997 at Auckland community colleges, set up and coordinated the free Immigration Clinic at the Pakuranga CAB for 10 years since 1999. Pieter holds qualifications in HR, Adult Teaching, TEFL and Communications. More recently, he has also involved himself in empowering people through personal and business development and professional training, including career guidance and counselling.
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Bruce Bryant
A first generation New Zealander, father of 5. Bruce was a member of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants for over 40 years. Currently he is a Senior Lecturer at Manukau Institute of Technology, Faculty of Business. He holds the degree Doctor of Business Administration from Southern Cross University in Australia; a Masters degree in Taxation Studies (Hon) from University of Auckland and a Masters degree in business Administration from Massey University.
He is a Trustee (Chair) of Te Tuinga Whanau Support Services Trust in Tauranga and a Trustee of The Going West Trust in Waitakere. These are honorary positions.
He is an approved mentor to the Business Mentors New Zealand (BMNZ) service and is on the Committee of the Eastern Athletics and Harriers Club – in charge of sausage cooking!!
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Emma Kelly
Emma Kelly currently works for Air New Zealand as a Human Resource Manager (Strategy and ER) and brings with her a wealth of experience in this field. She has a Post Graduate Diploma in Business (HR) from Auckland University and a BA in Education and Psychology from Otago University. Emma is interested in and passionate about supporting diversity and would like migrants and refugees to have a positive experience when settling in New Zealand.
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Galia BarHava-Monteith
Originally from Israel, Galia has been in New Zealand since 2003 and knows firsthand the difficulties when trying to personally and professionally integrate into NZ society. One of 7 women selected to feature as successful migrant entrepreneurs in the OEA Trailblazer project; she started her career with the Boston Consulting Group, has worked with Fonterra as Ethics and Community Relations Manager and most recently was appointed Ministerial Appointee to the National Advisory Council on the Employment of Women (NACEW). Galia is a co-founder and Director of Professionelle, a social venture dedicated to researching, understanding and addressing the needs of all professional career women in New Zealand. Galia specialized in large-scale organisational change design, coordination, implementation and evaluation. Galia is a mother of two young children.
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Nelson Egadu
Nelson is a registered Management Systems Auditor (RABQSA), and a certified ICT Change Analyst (ITIL V3). He is presently studying for an MBA. Nelson holds Bachelor of Arts and Education degrees, Diplomas in Financial Management and Project Management (SIX SIGMA). He is a Change Analyst at Diversity Exhibitions and Publications Group. Nelson has a wide and diverse working experience spanning over 20 years in four countries and personal travel experience to over ten. He has worked as a graduate secondary school Teacher, Tutor training teachers, Accountant, Business Analyst and Project Change Manager at PriceWaterhouseCoopers. He has recently turned his interest to Change Management feeling that there is much he can offer in strategic vision, direction and leadership. His cross industry experience and regular international travel affords him a sound, solid and encompassing approach toward doing sustainable business. He enjoys the reward of seeing the hard work of teams he works with come full circle to fruition.
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Gurbrinder Aulakh
Gurbrinder was a lawyer in India and apart from being elected an Executive of the High Court Bar was also on the panel of some of the State Boards and Corporations. He holds degree in Law, English Communication skills and Sociology from overseas and certificates in National Centre Operations and Small Business Management from NZ. Currently he is the Director of a company keen to promote bilateral trade, company being the member of the India New Zealand Business Council. As a migrant he has experience working in a wide variety of roles in the Sales & Marketing, Hospitality, Health, Transport and Banking sectors. He is also studying law at AUT and working towards being a Barrister & Solicitor in NZ. He has been serving the wider Auckland and NZ community in different capacities. He is the Chairperson of ELP North Shore that works with migrants and refugees and helps in their literary and settlement needs. He also assists Lawyers at the Manukau Counties Community Law Centre, is the founder member and Vice-Chair of Ethnic Professionals & Amateurs Network and is a Trustee of the National Board of English Language Partners New Zealand representing the Ethnic Advisory Group. He has also been writing opinions in the ethnic media on the burning issues concerning the migrants.
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 2008-2011
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| 2005-2008
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