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PARTNERSHIPS & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT TEAM
The Partnerships & Business Development Team is made up of the following staff members who are based in our Wellington office.
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Tony Roddan - General Manager
Tony joined Skills Active in July 2007.
His background includes owning / directing private businesses, business training and consultancy and management of a large community owned swimming and indoor recreation facility.
Tony is responsible for managing the relationships with key stakeholder organisations, large workplaces as well as overseeing the sector advisory groups and the business development role.
A social swimmer that competes you will often find him in the water or in the gym.
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Paul Richards - Project Manager (Outdoor Recreation)
Paul joined Skills Active in early 2007 from a background in Outdoor Recreation in the UK. Paul is responsible for the ongoing development of Skills Active’s Outdoor Recreation strategy, and in particular the aligning of qualification across the Outdoor Recreation sector.
He has a background in education outside of the classroom. He was the Operations Manager for the UK ‘s largest adventure education provider, as well as the Manager of a very successful field studies centre. He remains a keen practitioner of Outdoor Recreation and you will often see him on Makra Peak on his bike, or playing in the waves at Plimmerton on a windsurf board. |
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Tracy-Lee Burkhart - Project Manager (Recreation)
Iwi affiliation: Ngati Raukawa
Tracy-Lee (TL) has been with Skills Active since 2005. She has a solid background as a senior Industry Training Adviser within the Community Recreation sector.
She came to Skills Active from a management role at the local polytechnic and prior to that worked in a variety of roles including facility leadership and management with Recreation Wellington. TL is also a registered Nurse.
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Graham Witts - Project Manager (Sport)
Graham joined Skills Active in 2006 as an Industry Training Adviser based in Wellington, working with clients and organisations within the Sport sector. Graham has a background in Sports Development, having previously worked for Volleyball New Zealand, and England Hockey as the first Hockey Development Officer for London.
Graham has a passion for all things sporting, especially Football as a proud supporter of Charlton Athletic and Wellington Phoenix. He is also a player and coach at Karori Hockey Club. In his non-sporting time he is also passionate about music and good beer but likes to combine all three if possible.
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Alan Reynolds - Project Manager (Fitness)
Alan joined the Skills Active in 2008 and is based in Wellington as the Project Manager for the Fitness sector.
Originally from the UK and with an extensive background in technical management within Industrial Chemicals, he retrained several years ago in various disciplines from Massage, Personal Trainer, Pilates and Martial Arts instructing. Still to lear the rules for the "squashed" football game, he is looking forward to restarting playing REAL football with the Auckland Skills Active team.
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Matt Cowie - Project Manager (Snowsport)
Matt joined Skills Active in July 2008 and is the Project Manager for the Snowsport sector.
Matt has an extensive background in both industries as well as a strong background in Outdoor Retail Management. His passions are his family, as well as mountaineering, ski touring, adventure racing and MTB, and in fact most sports to do with the outdoors.
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OUR PEOPLE
Below are a number of links that introduce you to our various teams.
Senior Management Team
Work Skills Development Team
Qualifications & Quality Systems Team
Administration & Finance Team
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