Experience

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  Seafood New Zealand

  • New Zealand
  • Fisheries
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Chief Executive at Seafood New Zealand

    • Apr 2020 - Present

  • Director

    • Oct 2014 - Apr 2020

    Seafood New Zealand is the peak body for the Seafood Industry. It works closely with central government with a focus on key strategic initiatives and promotes sustainable, nutritious and responsibly-caught seafood.

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  Commercial Fisheries Services Ltd

  • Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

  • Director

    • Apr 2020 - Present
    • Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

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  Seafood Innovations Limited

  • Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

  • Director

    • Apr 2020 - Present
    • Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

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  FishServe Innovations New Zealand Ltd

  • Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

  • Director

    • Apr 2020 - Present
    • Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

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  Institute of Directors in New Zealand

  • Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

  • Member

    • May 2017 - Present
    • Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

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  Fisheries Inshore New Zealand

  • Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

  • Chief Executive

    • Feb 2014 - Apr 2020
    • Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

    Fisheries Inshore New Zealand is a commercial fisheries stakeholder organisation that works for the collective interests of inshore quota owners and commercial fishers.The company is responsible for forming and articulating national perspectives and working collaboratively with Government to ensure inshore finfish stocks are managed based on the best available science and align with quota owners' aspirations.

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  Ministry for Primary Industries NZ

  • New Zealand
  • Government Administration
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Manager Deepwater Fisheries

    • Dec 2011 - Jan 2014

    I managed all aspects of New Zealand's deepwater and middle-depth fisheries. This included research plannaning and procurement, operational management and advising Ministers on setting catch limits under New Zealand's Quota Management System.

  • Principal Analyst

    • Mar 2004 - Nov 2011

    Prior to managing New Zaland's deepwater and middle depth fisheries, I worked as an analyst for the Ministry and have a wide range of experience, including: fisheries management, research planning, managing the environmental effects of fishing, building stakeholder relationships, policy development and legislative reform.

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  Tokyo University of Fisheries

  • Tokyo, Japan

  • Post-Doctoral Fellow

    • Dec 2001 - Nov 2002
    • Tokyo, Japan

    I was awarded a post-doctoral fellowship by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. The work I conducted investigated larval nutrition in the Japanese spiny lobster.