David Marshall Email & Phone Number

Auckland, New Zealand

In February 2008 I was appointed to the new position of Group Chief Executive.My role is primarily strategic - I oversee a financially strong group which is well served by an experienced and committed team – and my emphasis is on the development of growth opportunities through the expansion of the immago footprint across the Asia-Pac region, and with the addition of further suitable acquisitions in our target industry sectors.In the time of my tenure, immago has added new subsidiaries companies in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Vietnam and the US, in addition to the acquisition of NZ based safety sign company, Segno, and Australian based digital label printer, PressPoint.The business is now a considerably broader based entity than the one I first became involved in, with a substantially wider range of products and solutions, servicing a wider industry sector base.

Auckland, New Zealand

In March of 2006 I was promoted to the role of Group General Manager.During this period I completed a full review of the groups management structure, which resulted in a substantial downsizing of the groups corporate activities and a devolution of autonomy to the groups various subsidiary companies.Also, during this period I oversaw the completion of the transformation of the business from one with South Pacific based manufacturing and Asian based distribution to a fully integrated supply chain manager, with sales and marketing activities in the regions consuming centres, and manufacturing and sourcing activities in the regions producing centres.

Auckland, New Zealand

In August 1999 I was promoted within the Clifton Holdings Group to the role of Operations Director.Clifton Holdings is the owner of the Image Label Systems Group, a business who design and manufacture label and packaging solutions for the apparel industry throughout Asia and the Pacific.My role involved overseeing the total Operations activities of the group, including Manufacturing facilities, Administration and Finance activities, the Design teams, and the groups IT systems and infrastructure.In many areas this role was transformational.During my tenure I oversaw the introduction of fully integrated MIS systems across the groupI oversaw a strategic review of the group’s manufacturing facilities and the substantial business re-engineering required in response to the defining structural changes occurring within apparel sourcing as a result of rapidly increasing global trade liberalisation.

Auckland, New Zealand

Vista-Pak is a subsidiary of Clifton Holdings Ltd and a market leader in the supply of clear plastic packaging to NZ importers and manufacturers. The business designs and manufactures clear ‘visual’ packaging for a wide range of industry groups, including cosmetics, hardware, confectionery, stationery and sports.My role at Vista-Pak involved both the hands on management of the sales, administration and production teams and the development of new strategies to grow the business in the face of increasing threats from the importation of fully packaged product, and environmental concerns over the use of PVC.During my tenure at Vista-Pak, the business introduced:a new internal EDP systemnew manufacturing capacity for the manufacture of blister packagingdesigned and developed a new packaging solution for Kodak at the advent of digital photo processingaccelerated the company’s shift into providing a full service solution for product packaging conversion (where customers source fully packaged product from offshore ‘parents'VPL unpack, repack and distribute – all ‘in-house’ - based on NZ retail compliant packaging).

Education record

David completed his secondary education at the end of his 7th Form year with School Certificate, University Entrance and a 'B' Bursary.

Diploma In Business Studies, Accounting And Business/Management