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Better Exporting Meetup
Better Exporting Meetup
Better Exporting Meetup
In light of the COVID-19 crisis we are holding weekly virtual meetups to keep you informed on how other export companies are managing their business through these unknown or difficult times. Each week we will cover a different industry sector where three presenters will cover their business post Covid-19 and how they have previously and are currently succeeding globally through the application of best practice across all elements of their international growth strategy.
When heading overseas and entering new markets you are entering unchartered territory – you don’t know what you need to know until you need to know it – that’s the danger.
In order to maximise the opportunity and mitigate the risk you need access to good advice.
ExportNZ is a community of exporters providing each other with the inspiration, collegial support and advice to allow their business to prosper. We see incredible power in what we call peer-to-peer engagement – that’s companies learning from and listening to other companies’ experiences in different markets and sectors.
Exporters sharing real world experience – real world help going off-shore.
This session will cover the Health & Beauty sector.
Presenters:
Helen Robinson
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Organic Initiative
Helen founded Oi in 2015, with a mission to take plastic out of hygiene products. Oi products are affordable, healthy for women and great for the planet. With a 30 year background leading technology companies Helen is an entrepreneur with interests in a diverse range of innovative companies. Former executive roles include CEO, Microsoft New Zealand, and Head of Pivotal Corporation Asia Pacific.
Helen was recognized in the 2017 Queen’s Honours Awards as an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit. Helen won the New Zealand Supreme Women of Influence Award 2016 after taking out the Board and Management Category, and received the award for the Most Inspiring Individual at NZ Innovation Awards 2017. In 2019 Helen was awarded Next Magazine’s Woman of the Year in Business & Innovation, and the Most Inspiring Women Leader at the NZ International Business Awards.
A theme of Helen’s career has been a strong passion and drive to improve the quality of life for all, and to deliver value to stakeholders through innovation and technology. Helen specializes in forming and growing businesses which ‘do good’ at mass scale.
Tony Zheng
General Manager, NZ Skin Care
Tony has been with NZ Skin Care Company for almost 7 years. In addition to his responsibility for the company’s manufacturing facilities and distribution networks in New Zealand, Tony also leads the global supply chain operations for the Group Company, and oversees international market development for its New Zealand brands including geoskincare, ukiwi and the geohouse.
Prior to joining NZ Skin Care Company, he led the business advisory division of a boutique firm where he advised and assisted entrepreneurs in various sectors on market entry strategies, mergers and acquisitions, and regulatory compliance.
Tony has a Bachelor of Commerce in International Business and a Master of Legal Studies with First Class Honours in Corporate and Commercial Law, both from the University of Auckland.
To help facilitate the valuable exchange of ideas amongst the group, we run these events in a boardroom style format – relaxed, less structured, and highly interactive.
Highlights of roundtable ‘peer review’ conversations:
- You receive unexpected valuable information.
- You will likely hear about problems that you haven’t faced yet, but will in the future.
- Although you may not be aware of the issue yet, hearing solutions from other professionals will help you plan accordingly
- Input from many experts with varying perspectives which produces new thinking that challenges existing best practices
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