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Experience in Business :Fernmade Limited is experienced in business performance improvement , specifically in the Tourism and export sectors in New Zealand. The company's well rounded skill base focusses on providing advisory services to decision makers in the small and medium businesses that are predominant in the Tourism, Travel and Export sectors. This takes the form of assessing existing performance and advising on ongoing governance options and improvement activities . Recent History :Geoff Burns (B.Com, CA) is the director and primary consultant for the company. His current governance roles are as Chairman of The Rees Limited (luxury Hotel and Apartments, Queenstown, NZ), and as a Director of Magic Memories Limited (the world's leading full service photographic partner to visitor attractions). Geoff also mentors many innovative startup and growing Tourism and export businesses and consults on a range of planning and feasability studies. |
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Geoff has recently completed time at the governance level for the Tourism industry as a director 1999-2007 ( Chairman 2001-2006) of the 2000 member industry representation organisation , The Tourism Industry Association of New Zealand. (www.tianz.org.nz) |
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Geoff has considerable experience interfacing with the public sector most recently in his role as Strategy Director for the 2015 New Zealand Tourism strategy. He participates regularly at central and local government level including consulting contracts with New Zealand Trade and Enterprise ( as a strategy consultant in areas such as business performance, tourism sector, feasibility studies and regional economic and tourism development ) . A personal interest in the specialist business area of Golf began as founder of New Zealand’s inbound Golf Tourism cluster www.bestofgolfnewzealand.com, , to grow the interest in development of the golf experience for first time visitors to New Zealand. Geoff also represents leading New Zealand touring professional Phil Tataurangi. Phil and Geoff are both directors involved in the values based life skills programme for children www.thefirstteenz.org.nz. Geoff's Previous corporate experience included roles with : Air New Zealand ( Vice President Sales & Distribution, International)
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