Experience

Air New Zealand

• New Zealand
• Airlines and Aviation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Tribe Lead / GM International

  • Aug 2022 - Present

  Auckland, New Zealand

• General Manager Networks

  • Mar 2020 - Aug 2022

  Auckland, New Zealand

• Regional General Manager Asia

  • Jun 2018 - Feb 2020

  Singapore

• Regional General Manager Asia

  • Mar 2016 - Jun 2018

  Shanghai City, China

• General Manager Japan

  • Aug 2013 - Mar 2016

  Tokyo, Japan Air New Zealand is an international and domestic airline group with revenues of +NZ$4.5bn and over 11,000 employees. As GM Japan I was responsible for sales and market development from this key tourism market for New Zealand.

• General Manager New Zealand

  • May 2010 - Jul 2013

  Auckland, New Zealand As GM New Zealand I was responsible for the bulk of sales from the key home market of New Zealand. I led a team of +60 sales professionals with key accountabilities of: • Corporate and Government Sales – negotiating contracts and managing our relationships for $300m of high yield, business travel spend across New Zealand sales • Indirect Sales – negotiating contracts and managing our relationships with New Zealand travel trade partners that contribute over $900m revenue to the Air New… Show more As GM New Zealand I was responsible for the bulk of sales from the key home market of New Zealand. I led a team of +60 sales professionals with key accountabilities of: • Corporate and Government Sales – negotiating contracts and managing our relationships for $300m of high yield, business travel spend across New Zealand sales • Indirect Sales – negotiating contracts and managing our relationships with New Zealand travel trade partners that contribute over $900m revenue to the Air New Zealand business • SME Engagement – developing and growing a programme to secure long term loyalty of businesses spending between $20k-$500k per year on travel

• General Manager UK and Europe

  • May 2006 - May 2010

  London, United Kingdom • Operations – the smooth operational running of London Heathrow services and the London Heathrow cabin crew base (>300 staff) • Region sales – driving the revenue plans for UK and Europe Region across multiple channels. At peak reaching NZ$500m annually • Region marketing – brand and tactical marketing across multip[le channels

• Manager Network Management

  • Mar 2004 - May 2006

  Auckland, New Zealand • Network Strategy - developing long-term network strategies covering fleet planning, emerging markets and high level frequency and capacity planning • Network Planning - developing and implementing short-to-medium term network planning scenarios that balance market and customer benefits against costs and operations and asset limitations • Network Scheduling - developing and implementing short-to-medium term schedule plans that translate network strategy and planning scenarios into… Show more • Network Strategy - developing long-term network strategies covering fleet planning, emerging markets and high level frequency and capacity planning • Network Planning - developing and implementing short-to-medium term network planning scenarios that balance market and customer benefits against costs and operations and asset limitations • Network Scheduling - developing and implementing short-to-medium term schedule plans that translate network strategy and planning scenarios into operationally efficient but commercially effective schedules

• Manager Pricing

  • Jan 2002 - May 2004

  New Zealand

• Manager Short Haul Pricing

  • Nov 2000 - Dec 2001

  Melbourne, Australia