Panel Discussion
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If disability is considered to be another strand of diversity, join this panel event with Paul Curry, Adrian Cyosh and Kerry Webb and discover why it is important that people with disabilities are represented around the board table and employed in the organisation.
There has been much discussion in the past years about diversity at the board table. It began as a gender issue and has now grown to become so much more than sex, or ethnicity.
We invite you to join us for a discussion around disabilities as a diversity of thought.
Kerry will be speaking on the facts and the benefits. Paul will be speaking on why it is important and Adrian will be speaking on how we can recruit and induct.
Thank you to our event sponsors
Paul currently serves on several companies and trust boards. These include Panamac Enterprises Ltd, chair Te Whanua Kotahi Charitable Trust, deputy chair Momenta Charitable Trust, director of Imagine Better and AccessAbility Charitable Trust, DPA, Western Bay of Plenty Convener Inclusive Employment Task Force and chair Wellington Paraplegic and Physically Disabled Trust board.
He was previously the chief executive of the Families Commission, before that he was the general manager of the Community Development Group for the Department of Internal Affairs and secretary/CE for the Lottery Grants Board. Paul was the inaugural director of Health and Disability Advocacy. He has also been the manager, Disability Support Services for the Ministry of Health. chair of the Tauranga City Council Disability Advisory Committee and chair Avalon Aotearoa Charitable Trust. His work in the NGO sector has included 13 years in management positions in CCS Disability Action branches. Paul has also been a member of IoD for many years.
Paul ‘s passion for making a difference in the community and for the disability sector began when his back was broken while serving in the Royal New Zealand Navy in 1969. Since then Paul has been involved in numerous community projects; such as being the National chair/founder of the Protect the Brains Trust cycle helmet campaign. He has been involved for many years in finding solutions for disability mobility and access issues.
Paul has been an active member of the New Zealand Paraplegic Boat Team, having paddled Cook Strait, Lake Taupo, Lake Whakatipu, the English Channel and 850 kms of the Nile River. He has also represented New Zealand at the Commonwealth Paraplegic Games.
Adrian has been involved in executive recruitment since 2001, mostly in the area of finance and accounting. He spent nine years at Hudson (previously Morgan and Banks) and for many years, was their top performing executive recruiter in New Zealand, winning many NZ and Australasian awards. In 2009, Sigma Solutions was incorporated to be the specialist contract division of the Saturn Group, well known in the area of executive search.
Previously Adrian worked for 15 years in the asset finance industry, mostly at UDC. The interest in disability employment derives from personal experience, as three of his four children suffer from a condition called Retinitis Pigmentosa, which often leads to total blindness and currently has no cure. Adrian works with businesses to promote their job vacancies via our website The Job Market, and has developed some training for their recruitment teams and hiring managers to enable them to more confidently recruit and retain people with disabilities.
Adrian has recently founded Drink My Coffee to create self-employment opportunities for people to distribute premium coffee throughout NZ, as well as jobs for people to pack and ship coffee to the distributors.
For four years he represented HRINZ on the Workbridge Council, the pre-eminent disability employment organisation in NZ. This is part of their two-tier governance structure, and we worked closely with the board. Part of his Council role was to advocate Workbridge to the many employers that we work with.
Community involvement:
Kerry begun her career working as a Probation Officer for the Department of Corrections, this lead on to a number of advisory roles within the department before moving to ACC working in both specialised case management and injury prevention.
After a number of years as a public servant in Wellington, Kerry returned home to Tauranga. Initially taking up a role with the Accessibility Tick Programme before moving to her current role as Social Change Lead with Momenta (formerly Avalon). This is a newly created role within the Momenta team aiming to identify the underserved social needs affecting people who experience disadvantage and work in collaboration with thought leaders across the Bay of Plenty to challenge, disrupt and shift societal barriers. One of the first projects within this role was undertaking research into the current, local attitudes of employers on hiring people with disabilities.
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Laura Gaveika
Bay of Plenty Branch Manager
+64 27 5888 118
laura.gaveika@iod.org.nz
The Bay of Plenty branch acknowledges the generous support of
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