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AUCKLAND REGIONAL MIGRANT SERVICES CHARITABLE TRUST
BOARD MEMBERS 2008-2011

Colin Dale (Board Chairperson)
Colin has been involved with ARMS since its inception and retired this year after 21 years as City Manager (Chief Executive) of the Manukau City Council. Colin is very involved in the community, both in recreation and sport, as well as health and education. He is also a Board member of Housing New Zealand.

Dr M. Daud Ahmed (Chair-Research, Advocacy & Development Committee)
Originally from Bangladesh, Daud is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Business at Manukau Institute of Technology. He is an expert information technologist, specialised in decision support systems, and sustainable business transformation, modelling and reporting. His research works and scholarly articles have been published in numerous journals, books and conference proceedings. He has an extensive background in management consultation and system design.

Douglas Astley (Chair - Finance & Assets Committee)
Doug is now retired from active business after 38 years, and previously served as an Auckland City Councillor for 12 years. He has a background of extensive service to the community, including being a Justice of the Peace, and is currently also a Trustee of the Wesley Community Trust.

Etetu Bowden (Chair-Relationships, Marketing & Promotion Committee)
Originally from Ethiopia, Etetu has been working with refugees and migrants in New Zealand for the past 15 years in a variety of settings as an interpreter in the fields of healthcare, immigration, legal and welfare. She has been a bilingual tutor at the Mangere Refugee Centre as well as an ESOL teaching assistant with AUT.


Santino Deng
Santino was born in Sudan, attended school and university in NZ, and has obtained a BA in Education, Diploma in Counselling, and Certificate in Interpreting. He has worked with children, families and professionals across several work sectors, both voluntary and government. Currently, Santino is the Chairman of the Sudanese Community Inc., Treasurer for the Auckland Refugee Community Coalition, and a part-time Community Link Worker for Refugees as Survivors NZ Trust.

Kai Luey
Kai was born in New Zealand and is of Chinese heritage. He is the proprietor of a small marketing business. His professional background is 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.


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.

Dr Philippa Reed (Chair-Policy & Strategy Committee )
Chief Executive of the EEO Trust, Philippa has a strong interest in diversity issues in the community, with a particular emphasis on employment. The EEO Trust has a membership of over 420 employers in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. Prior to working for the EEO Trust, Philippa had a senior management role in the Graduate School of Business at the University of Auckland and spent 10 years with KPMG, specialising in taxation, change and client relationship management.


Cynthia Sengupta
Cynthia is a recent immigrant from India, with a professional background in travel consultancy and administration in both her home country and the United Arab Emirates. She is now Technical Advisor for the New Zealand Immigration Service and has a keen interest in contributing to the community and to settlement services.


Dr Michael Siyad
As the first Somalian refugee settling in NZ in 1985, Michael has a long association with Refugee Services, refugee settlement, community consultation and development. Previously he has worked in many research and consultant roles including for the NZ Immigration Service, NZ Police, and Refugee Education Centre (AUT). Michael is now a self-employed community consultant.


Dr Amritha Sobrun-Maharaj
Formerly from South Africa, Amritha has been in New Zealand for 20 years. She is a Doctor of social psychology and has a special interest in the social acceptance of migrants and refugees, acculturation, wellbeing and identity issues. She is currently interim Director of the Centre for Asian Health Research and Evaluation at the University of Auckland and senior research fellow, researching and consulting in the field of migrant and refugee health, settlement and inter-ethnic relations. She is a member of Rotary and currently serves as Assistant Governor of District 9920 in New Zealand. She is also vice-president of the Hindu Council of New Zealand.


Pramjit Rai Suchdev (Jeet) - QSM -JP
Jeet came to New Zealand from India many 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 President of Bhartiya Samaj Charitable Trust and also has experience in the small business sector, particularly in the hospitality and tourism fields.


Pieter de Zwart
After an operations career in the Netherlands Air Force, Pieter has worked in NZ in a range of professional development, training, management and sales positions. More recently, he has also involved himself in numerous community activities, including event coordination, Mind-Body tutoring, and small business mentoring. He established the Pakuranga Laughter Yoga Club, is a member of the Accredited Business Consultants Association and a board member for the NZ Association for Migration and Investment.


Charm Jin Cai
Charm is a migrant from China who has a background in accounting, marketing, banking and administration. Charm completed her MBA thesis on migrant settlement issues. She is currently the Area Administrator in the Finance Team of the Business and Information Planning Service for the Department of Corrections.

2005-2008 Board Members

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