Amanda Santos is a proven high-growth CEO, advisory board member, director, sales expert and sought-after strategic business advisor, providing governance and strategic support to over 120 enterprises within New Zealand.
She has led 4 different companies in NZ and was the Chief Executive of Tekron, a global market-leader in high-precision atomic and GPS precision clocks and during her tenure grew and refocused the whole business. Amanda is unafraid to break the traditional CEO stereotype and inspires others to do the same. Amanda led Careers NZ, a crown Entity and a Plastics Food Packaging company IML Plastics as Interim CE and was CEO of SMSS a software company in the Tertiary sector.
Amanda is an experienced Director and Chair, she has sat on or chaired over 10 advisory boards and she mentors and advises a range of CEs in various private sector organisations.
Amanda’s track record for accelerating businesses has seen her publicly acclaimed as a finalist for both the 2017 & 2018 Women of Influence Awards, as well as a finalist for the Inspiring Women Leader in the 2018 NZIBA awards and finalist in the Business Category for the prestigious 2017 Welly Awards.
Amanda’s style is open, engaging, humorous, thought-provoking and always inspiring. A talented and professional public speaker, Amanda is highly sought after for Board & CEO audiences, business professionals and entrepreneurs.
