NZIFST
New Members NZIFST welcomes the following new members and new student members.
New members Howard Berry
Industry Manager
EMC Industrial Group Ltd
Auckland
Fiona Fleming
Director
FJ Fleming Food Consulting Pty Ltd
Cheerybrook, Australia
Palatasa Havea
Principal Research Scientist
Fonterra Research & Development
Palmerston North
Shirin Haydarzadeh
Research & Development Technologist Tip Top
Auckland
Mark Johnson
Director
Springbrook Foods
Nelson Invercargill
Rebecca Main
Product Innovation Technologist
Alliance Group
Maneesha Mohan
Lecturer
Lincoln University
Claire Morgan
Head of Food Safety & Quality
Griffins Food Company
Auckland
James Natzka
Quality Manager
Dominion Salt
Tauranga
Linda Newman
Quality Assurance Manager
Xtend-Life Natural Products (Intl) Ltd
Christchurch
Sumon Saha
R & D Technologist
Ziwi Limited
Mt Maunganui
Hiren Soni
Technologist
Fonterra NZ Ltd
Christchurch
Janelle Wehner
NPD Manager
Life Health Foods
Auckland
Former member rejoining Sarah Yanez
Director
Totally Wrapt Packaging Ltd
Wellington
David Musgrave
Owner
Functional Whole Foods Ltd
Geraldine
New Student Members Stacey Chang
Massey University - Albany
Raj Chauhan
Auckland University of Technology
Hitheswar Chevakkulam Ramesh Auckland University of Technology Tim Chia
Auckland University of Technology
Bridget Clare
University of Auckland
Ashlee Drummy
University of Otago
Vinithkumar Durairajan
University of Auckland
Ahub Dutta
Lincoln University
Stephanie Glass
Aspire to International
Steve He
University of Auckland
Esther Huang
University of Auckland
Paula Juene
University of Auckland
Tom Jung
Massey University
Dhariya (DK) Kant
Lincoln University
Mharath Krishnan
Auckland University of Technology
Vincentius Leonard
University of Auckland
Xin Ci Li
Massey University - Albany
Phoenix Li
University of Auckland
Renee Lu Annie McDonald
University of Otago
Roxanne Ng
University of Otago
Kate Ouyang
Massey University - Albany
Abhirami Raja
Auckland University of Technology
Aaron Xiao
Massey University - Turitia
Jingwen Zhang
University of Auckland
Wendy Zhao
University of Auckland
Member News Some of you might remember Roz Henry (formerly McLachlan). She has been a long standing member of NZIFST and was very active in the Auckland Branch in the early 90s. Roz has recently been appointed CEO with Co-operative Business New Zealand, the membership body representing co-operatives across the country. Roz is looking forward to the new challenge, working with businesses that form the backbone of New Zealand, with many operating in the food, agriculture and horticultural sector. Roz started in her new role in mid-August and says her first month in the role has been an absolute whirlwind. “I am inspired by the individuals whom I have met to date. The range of businesses and the passion that everyone has for their organisations sets co-operatives apart. I am looking forward to supporting our members, especially as they face the current rapid pace of change due to disruption taking place across so many areas of business.” “It’s a unique opportunity for me as I get to use my full skill set. The Board brought me on board as they valued my understanding of the cooperative business model through my initial career with the Dairy Board, relationship building skills and commercial knowledge from my business development and management consulting days, along with having developed relationships with various government agencies during my time with ATEED.”
Why does the Co-op model have such an important place in NZ economy today? Co-operatives enable the regions of many nations to become economically sustainable. Co-ops offer specialist development programmes for members, opportunities to network, engage in think tanks to lobby government officials, provision of data and research, consulting, assisting start-ups, business forums, and more. Many of NZIFST’s members will currently work for a co-operative which automatically gives them access to these services. Should you wish to make contact with Roz, she is looking forward to reconnecting with her NZIFST friends and colleagues; roz.henry@nz.coop
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