Put this in your diary now – it will be our best ever one day national exporter conference. We are working in with NZTE to organise an awesome line-up of international speakers for GO GLOBAL 2012, including NZTE’s CEO and Beachhead Advisors who are highly successful business people from various markets around the world, who help NZ companies as part of the Beachhead programme.

For example…

India –Mr Vijay Crishna, – Executive Director of Lawkim Motors Group (Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd).

Mr Crishna has had a long and very successful business career (motor vehicle manufacturing, light engineering, IT services, call centre business interests) and is the Chair of the Beachheads India for NZTE.
Learn about the India market; the opportunities and the pitfalls. Hear how Mr Crishna turned a loss making company to an immensely profitable company. He serves on the Board of Trustees of the Bombay Scottish Orphanage Society, and is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Technology Management, Navi Mumbai. He also serves as an advisor on the President’s International Advisory Board of Colorado College, the United States.,

NZ – Mr Wayne Norrie – Chair of the Beachhead Programme

Wayne has over 30 years IT industry experience, he has led the cultural change required to set Hitachi Data Systems on the path to success. He implemented a programme on organizational culture, demonstrating through life experience the correlation between cultural strength and financial performance. A popular keynote speaker, Wayne speaks regularly for the Institute of Director's (IOD) Aspiring Director dinner series, and on Governance for Hi Growth Companies.

US – Ben Anderson, Core strength is Talent Management

Hiring the right talent in overseas markets is critical to the success of any business that is internationalising. Hear about the US market, the challenges and opportunities and how to get the right talent on your side.
Ben has an international reputation in recruiting for clients across the global Technology, Media, and Telecom industries. He has successfully identified proven talent for senior general management roles, including CEOs, COOs, CFOs, CIOs, and members of the board of directors. Clients enlist him to recruit talent deemed critical to the success of growth initiatives and to re-energize critical functions.

Peter Chrisp, CEO of NZTE will be speaking, and some of NZTE’s international Regional Directors will also be in the programme.

GO GLOBAL will have a mix of international speakers (enough that we hope to run country specific workshops/panel discussions) and inspirational exporting heroes from New Zealand.

Diary it now and you will be able to register soon.

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