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New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand

Oversee the day-to-day operations of the airport, including air traffic control, ground handling, and passenger services.Develop and implement strategic plans for the airport, including growth plans, marketing plans, and financial plans.Ensure the airport meets its financial and operational goals.Represent the airport to the community and government stakeholders.Recruit and manage the airport team.Oversee the airport's safety and security program.

Nelson, New Zealand

Tech company developing cutting edge IoT products.

Nelson, Marlborough & Tasman, New Zealand

Leading all major capital projects including runway and apron redesign and development. Developing strategies to manage long term growth, producing master plans and working alongside CEO and board to implement strategies.

Nelson, New Zealand

Overseeing all aspects of the operation of nelson Airport. Including regulatory compliance, safety, environmental and financial concerns. Managing all company owned assets including acting as the client representative during the construction of the new $40 million terminal building.

Dubai

Working on behalf of EKAS (Emirates Airlines Airport Services) in a project which developed a new suite of airport customer management tools. Managed a team of people who oversaw the development and implementation of both new products and tools into a network of over 130 airports all over the world.

Dubai

Managed on a rotating basis all the different airport aspects of the largest and busiest international airline operation in the world. Helped to lead a team of managers and supervisors to achieve safe and efficient operations.

Nelson

Nelson, New Zealand

Air Nelson is a wholly owned subsidiary of Air New Zealand.Responsibilities Include:• Managing Air Nelson’s Airports, from an operational, HR, and business management perspective.• Working alongside Airport companies to ensure the operation is able to run as efficiently and effectively as possible.• Negotiating on behalf of Air Nelson with Airport companies regarding costs, including rents and landing fees.• Ensuring all airports that Air Nelson serves are providing a level of service that meets the agreed to standard. (SLA’s)• Reviewing, monitoring and developing strategies to continually improve OTP. • Managing a team of operations staff who monitor the Air Nelson fleet, and ensuring the cost objectives are met.• Managing the crew control and rostering personnel who are in charge of our pilot and flight attendant staffing.

Queenstown, New Zealand

Mitre Peak Cruises is a tourism operation in Milford Sound. It operates two vessels that cater for over sixty thousand passengers per year.Responsibilities Included:• Managing all HR aspects of 10 direct reports.• Maintaining and building sales numbers both in domestic and international markets.• Working with key stakeholders, including DOC, local councils, and other various agencies, to insure all requirements of working in a National Park are followed.• Setting and maintaining monthly, and yearly budgets to maximize company profitability.• Re-branding the company logo and name to distinguish our product from our nearest competitors.• Attending trade shows and conferences to build networks of contacts throughout the industry both domestically and internationally.• Negotiate with owners of travel companies and sales representatives from wholesale companies for rates and products for the following tourist season.• Develop a marketing and sales strategy for the company.• Redevelop the company website to further enhance its ability to capture direct sales.

Queenstown, New Zealand

Mount Cook Airline is a wholly owned subsidiary of Air New Zealand that operates a domestic service.Responsibilities Included:• Monitoring all the key objectives of an Airport Operation: OTP, baggage handling, customer service standards, safe operations.• Developing efficient and cost effective rosters of sixty staff.• Managing service level agreements with customer airlines, Air New Zealand, and Qantas Ltd.• Maintaining key stake holder relationships with Airport Company, MAF, Customs, and local authorities.• Acting as local ‘Air New Zealand’ representative at official functions.• Answering queries from local and national press in all maters relating to Air New Zealand at Queenstown Airport.Achievements:• Changing systems that dramatically improved all of the key performance indicators, including staff roster and ramp processes.• Managing the operation during a strike by the staff, while maintaining a smooth running of the operation.• Air New Zealand representative in negotiations with local Airport Company during the building and planning of new Airport.

Business In The Sky, Avaition/Business Management.

Business in the Sky, was an internal MBA style course that was run by Air New Zealand. The course covered executive style leadership.

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Partial Degree

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