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ASB and Spark join us to share their insights on improving productivity through innovation, collaboration, upskilling, and the use of digital technologies
Aotearoa New Zealand’s productivity challenge is well documented. New Zealanders generate significantly less output than many other developed countries, despite working longer and harder.
Join us for a discussion from two of New Zealand’s largest companies ASB and Spark NZ who have been looking into the productivity paradox and the role they can respectively play, as a bank and digital services provider, to support productivity growth.
ASB’s Chris Tennent-Brown, Senior Economist, will speak to the role of business in leading the charge in improving productivity through innovation, collaboration and upskilling people’s knowledge and capability.
While Tony Agar, General Manager of Spark Group Sales - Northern region, from Spark NZ, will explore the significant opportunity of increasing productivity through an uplift in the use of advanced digital technologies.
Completing the line-up, local Chief Executive Fiona Carrick will share what steps her board has taken to enable productivity, including leveraging innovative technological solutions. You’ll also hear about:
Following the candid fireside chat session there will be an opportunity for Q&As.
This event is brought to you in partnership with IoD national partner ASB.
Chris joined the Commonwealth Bank’s Global Research team in 2005 and has worked as an economist for both ASB and CBA in Auckland and Sydney since then. Chris’s work has involved in monitoring and forecasting trends in the New Zealand economy, with a focus on drawing implications for financial markets and investments.
Chris obtained a Bachelor of Commence degree at Auckland University, majoring in economics.
Prior to joining the Commonwealth Bank and ASB, Chris worked in the funds management industry, for Bankers Trust, BT Funds Management and ASB Group Investments.
Chris has spent over 25 years working in the financial sector.
Beyond this experience in finance, Chris spent several years farming, and was a New Zealand representative cyclist.
In his spare time Chris enjoys flying and holds a commercial pilot licence.
Tony Agar is General Manager of Spark Group Sales for its Northern region. Tony started his Spark career at Telecom Business 15 years ago in Wellington and has worked across and led a number of Spark teams, including commercial, pricing, strategy, sales, marketing and solutions.
Tony is passionate about the possibilities that converged technologies offer from a sustainability, economic growth and productivity standpoint for Aotearoa.
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Fiona is a senior strategic leader and brings broad and deep commercial and governance skills and experience to her role at Te Waka. Most recently she held senior commercial, partnership and risk management roles in the primary sector.
Fiona’s broad commercial experience spans local and global businesses. Her emphasis on continual and genuine stakeholder engagement shapes the effective partnerships she forges and leads within organisations and across industry.
Collaborative and energetic, Fiona, with her team, is focused on the transformation and growth that will advance economic development in the Waikato region. Based in Cambridge with her family, Fiona is connected with her community and well-placed to identify and take hold of the opportunities that will see the region thrive.
Fiona holds a Master of Science (MSc) from the University of Otago and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Victoria University of Wellington. She is a Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand and a Member of Te Nehenehenui Trust Group Investment Committee. She also serves on the boards of Kiwifruit Vine Health Inc, Stihl Shop, JerseyNZ, Maungahururu Tangiutū Ltd, Kaiwaka JV, and the Home of Cycling Charitable Trust (Grassroots Velodrome).
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Guy is General Manager, Governance Leadership Centre of the Institute of Directors. He is an experienced senior leader who has worked with public, private and not-for-profit entities in New Zealand, Fiji, Mongolia, Australia and the United States.
His previous senior roles include Deputy Chief Executive, Strategy and Organisation Performance at Te Puni Kōkiri; Deputy Secretary Natural Resources Policy at Ministry for the Environment.
Most recently, he ran his own freelance consultancy practice supporting public sector senior executives and their teams to deliver high quality decision-making, advice and policy implementation. In each of these roles, he engaged on a range of natural resource, environmental and other issues with iwi/hapū and other Māori interests.
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Megan Beveridge
Bay of Plenty Branch Manager
+64 21 358 772
megan.beveridge@iod.org.nz
The Bay of Plenty branch acknowledges the generous support of
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Members — $40.00
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