Annual Forum and Awards Dinner 2023 – Brought to you by ViewPoint Supply Chain
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The CILT Northern Section is hosting the CILT NZ Annual Awards Dinner 2023 at the Jet Park Hotel in Auckland on Friday 27 October 2023. The dress code is business attire.
Sponsored by ViewPoint, this highlight on the New Zealand Transport and Logistics industry’s calendar provides opportunities to acknowledge successes and celebrate outstanding achievements. The timetable is as follows:
12:00pm – 12.20pm: Registration for the Forum.
12:30pm – 4:30pm: The forum “The Future of Logistics and Transport in Auckland and the Implications for New Zealand” will consist of 11 presentations (of 10 to 15 minutes each on average) on different aspects of the topic. Cost $95 + GST.
5:00pm – 5:30pm: CILT AGM
5.30pm – 6.30pm: Cocktail Hour (with nibbles)
6.30pm – 11.00pm: Awards Dinner. Cost $190 + GST, or table of 10 for $1800 + GST
This event provides a superb opportunity to network with industry leaders and up-and-coming young professionals who will become the future of this crucially important industry.
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JetPark Accommodation: CILT Awards Dinner
MC for the night will be Brett O’Riley, CEO EMA (Employers Manufacturing Association).
Not only will this event serve to recognize the achievements from within the industry, it will evoke intriguing and thought-provoking discussions among attendees, many of whom will be key players from the transport and logistics industries in New Zealand.
Please visit CILT NZ Awards to view categories, previous events, and winners.
Annual Forum
The Future of Logistics and Transport in Auckland – and the Implications for New Zealand.
The objective of this CILT Forum is to learn about ‘New Knowledge’, ‘New Solutions’, ‘New Policies’, ‘New Enablers’, and ‘New Motivation’, next to ‘New Evidence’! The speakers have been encouraged to share tangible case studies to illustrate the current situation and raise options towards optimisation.
The Forum, chaired by Dr Chris Kissling, emeritus professor at Lincoln University, is running from 12.30 to 4.30 pm sharp and split into two sessions of five speakers each, including two separate coffee breaks to encourage networking.
A Q+A debate, moderated by Daniel Silva, director of DSL and former president of the Customs Brokers Association and the Importers Institute, will follow the second coffee break, next to Diane Edwards, CILT NZ President, summarising the outcome of the Forum.
Forum Sponsors
The Good Wine company joins as a Forum sponsor.
REAL- HONEST – EASY – WINE – That’s us. Four simple words that sum up what we’re about and why we started The Good Wine Co. over ten years ago.
The coffee and tea breaks are sponsored by SEEKA, which provides a premier orchard-to-packhouse and produce-to-market service for growing, handling, and storing fruit for prime producers in NZ and overseas.
Forum Schedule
Forum Co-ordinator
Dr. Jean-Paul Thull
The Forum is organised and coordinated by Dr Jean-Paul Thull FCILT, CILT NZ education chair, past senior academic at Lincoln University, director of Thull & Associates, NZ President of EASTS – Eastern Asian Society for Transportation Studies and member of ANZCCL – Australian New Zealand Chamber of Commerce Luxembourg.
Forum Chair
Dr Chris Kissling, Emeritus Professor for Transportation Studies at Lincoln University.
Dr Chris Kissling held the foundation Chair in Transport Studies at Lincoln University and was a past Chairman of CIT and Board member of CILT. CIT and CILT awarded him the two medals (Spencer and Owens) for his contributions to the Institute and to the community.
Retired from Lincoln University in 1990, he helped design, write courses for, and teach some of them at the Bahrain Polytechnic for their Bachelor of International Logistics and Management degree which achieved accreditation by CILT in the UK. A number of CILT members completed a Professional Master in Transport Management at Lincoln University before austerity sadly saw it discontinued and the Chair he held was dissolved after his retirement!
Chris holds a BA and MA(Hons) from the University of Canterbury and a PhD from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He has held tenured academic positions at the University of Canterbury, Australian National University, and Lincoln University. He is active in the Christchurch Civic Trust as a Board member and was Chair for a five-year maximum term.
Confirmed speakers for the Forum
1. Diane Edwards, President CILT NZ
Diane Edwards is currently the General Manager People and Culture for GNS Science where she is responsible for Human Resources, Health and Safety, Communication, Stakeholder Management and Administration. She has had a long history in the Transport and logistics sector working for P&O Nedlloyd, Maersk New Zealand and at Ports of Auckland.
Most notably, she was the first female to hold an Executive at the Port, First female director of Bunkershipz Ltd, and the first New Zealander to hold the position of International Secretary of the Women’s Shipping and Trading Association. For three years she also ran the Women’s Forum for the International Association of Ports and Harbors. She is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia, a Life Fellow of the NZ Association of Training and Development and a distinguished Fellow of Human Resources NZ. Diane is also a long time member of Global Women, the organisation seeking to improve representation of women in Executive, CEO and Board positions. Diane is a Chartered Member of CILT and our current CILT NZ National President.
2. Mr. Simon Bridges, CEO, Auckland Business Chamber
Simon Bridges is a former New Zealand politician and lawyer. He served as Leader of the National Party and Leader of the Opposition between 2018 and 2020, and as the Member of Parliament for Tauranga from the 2008 election to May 2022, when he resigned.
A lawyer turned senior National politician and MP for Tauranga, Simon held a raft of senior responsibilities in New Zealand politics until 2022 when he resigned. Prior to Parliament, Simon started his career in a national law firm and was then a Crown prosecutor for several years conducting many serious criminal jury trials.
Simon has an LLB (Hons) and BA from Auckland University and a Bachelor of Civil Law from Oxford University (where he met his wife, Natalie). Simon has also studied at the London School of Economics and interned at the British House of Commons as part of a Chevening-Hansard Society Fellowship. Today in addition to his commercial and media work, Simon is the husband of Natalie and dad to Emlyn, Harry, and Jemima.
3. Dr. Ganesh Nana, Chair – NZ Productivity Commission
Ganesh is a first-generation New Zealander, born, bred, and educated in Te Whanganui a Tara. His interest in economics originally emanated from his love of numbers, which in turn arose out of his passion for cricket.
Ganesh is the current Chair of the Productivity Commission Te Kōmihana Whai Hua o Aotearoa. He was appointed to this role in December 2020 following 22 years as a Senior Economist at the consultancy Business and Economics Research Limited (BERL).
Prior to BERL, Ganesh acted as the primary caregiver to his preschool children while also employed as a part-time lecturer at Victoria University. Before children, Ganesh managed to explore some parts of the world – including working in England as a researcher in the House of Commons gaining experience with IMF and OECD economic models. On his way home to Aotearoa he spent several months visiting family and ancestral lands across India.
Ganesh believes economics is fundamentally about people and their communities and is best reflected in our collective role as kaitiaki o taonga.
4. Dileepa Fonseka, Senior Correspondent, New Zealand Business Desk
Dileepa Fonseka is a journalist covering the political economy and issues that run across business and government. He has provided commentary, features, and analysis on a variety of topics including housing, trade, infrastructure, immigration, the digital economy, local government, and supply chains.
Dileepa was previously a senior business journalist for Stuff, a political reporter at Newsroom, a council reporter at the Dominion Post/Stuff, an infrastructure reporter at Stuff’s Auckland newsroom, and has been a finalist at the Voyager Media Awards four times, including in 2023 for business journalist of the year and in 2021 for reporter of the year.
Title of the presentation: Business of Blowouts: Mega Projects, Mega Delays.
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Oliver Lewis, Senior Journalist, New Zealand Business Desk
Oliver Lewis won the local government reporting category at the 2023 Voyager Media Awards. He is part of our investigations unit and also covers infrastructure, housing and employment issues. Formerly with Stuff/The Press, Oliver has also written for the Guardian and North & South.
5. Justin Tighe-Umbers, Chief Executive, National Road Carriers
Justin is the Chief Executive of National Road Carriers, joining the team in August 2022.
Prior to joining NRC, Justin was Executive Director at the Board of Airline Representatives NZ, where he helped steer the airline industry through the international border closure during the pandemic, and the jet fuel pipeline outage in 2017. He has extensive experience working on infrastructure of national significance at the government-private sector interface.
Before joining the transport industry Justin worked in senior management roles in the telecommunications industry for 13 years, including working on the Telecom demerger and the Chorus ultra-fast broadband project. Justin is a post-graduate from the University of Auckland Business School with a master’s degree in International Business.
6. Rachel Madden, President CBAFF
Rachel is the current President of CBAFF. Rachel was recently elected in May 2022, after two years as Vice President. Rachel also holds a Senior Management role at First Global Logistics in Auckland. Rachel brings a different and fresh approach to the customs broking and freight forwarding sector as well as significant industry knowledge and expertise. She has enjoyed advocating for our industry as well as working on initiatives such as the Young Logistics Professional Awards. She believes there is still much work to be done to attract new people to the freight forwarding and customs broking industry as well as supporting and developing our existing workforce to their full potential, so they stay in our freight logistics industry.
7. Mr. Alan Piper, Group General Manager – Sales & Commercial, Kiwirail
Based in Auckland, Alan had a successful career in finance, working for the Bank of New Zealand before moving to the transport and logistics sector. He held senior management roles at CourierPost before joining KiwiRail in 2013 as Executive General Manager Sales & Commercial.
In his current role, he has customer and revenue responsibility for KiwiRail’s Freight Markets (KiwiRail and Interislander). He says that with the Government’s significant investment in rail, and its commitment to growing rail freight as part of its climate change strategy, it’s the most exciting time to be in the industry since he joined.
8. Jan-Hendrik Hintz, Line Manager, Pacifica Shipping
As Line Manager of Pacifica Shipping in NZ since January 2019 I am currently also responsible for Swire Shipping deep sea liner services to and from Australia and Pacific Islands as well as USWC to Pacific Islands.
I have been with Swire Shipping since 2000 (starting at Tasman Orient Line in New Zealand) and have worked for Swire Shipping in both New Zealand and Australia over the past 23 years. Originally focussing on trades to and from Asia and predominantly in the multipurpose sector, I am now naturally focussed more on the container sector and New Zealand domestic transport.
9. Jim Smith, GM Grower Services & Marketing – SEEKA Ltd.
Based in the Kiwifruit capital of Te Puke, Jim Smith is the General Manager of Grower Services and Marketing for Seeka Ltd. Jim has worked in a range of roles within the Kiwifruit industry for over 20 years, with the last 12 years at Seeka Ltd in post-harvest operations management and grower services. In his current role, Jim oversees the management of the grower relationship for the supply of produce to Seeka’s post-harvest facilities, as well as its brand marketing.
10. Dallas Vince, CEO – Booth’s Logistics
Dallas is an experienced logistics professional with a demonstrated history in the logistics and supply chain sector. Having worked on both sides of the supply chain as both supplier and customer he brings a wealth of understanding to a sector that needs balance in order for it to get the efficiencies everyone is looking for.
Choosing to lead by example, Dallas is a hands-on leader who prides himself on creating a platform for fostering and harnessing team growth. Tasked with the company’s overall growth and strategic direction, Dallas goes about his work in an energetic, and inspiring manner.
Dallas brings with him an unwavering commitment to cutting through bureaucracy, finding a way forward, and bringing life to the company ethos of giving things a crack.
11. Dennis Kelly, Director – Fleet Partners NZ
Dennis has 46 years of experience in leasing, commercial asset financing, and banking, with the last 16 years at Fleet Partners. He was Managing Director of FleetPartners NZ for 8 years, followed by 3 years as Managing Director in Australia, before taking on his current role as Director.
Dennis is currently responsible for new business sales and Corporate and SME Relationship Management for FleetPartners NZ, overseeing key Corporate customer relationships that span NZ and Australia.
Dennis has held several senior executive roles including Managing Director of Hertz Fleetlease NZ, General Manager of Capital Equipment Finance NZ, Regional Manager at Countrywide Bank, and General Manager of NZI Bank. He is extremely well informed and positioned to contribute meaningful insights on electric fleet implementation, finance, and the wider transport industry.
Panel Discussion Q+A
Moderator: Daniel Silva, Director of DSL and former president of the Customs Brokers Association and the Importers Institute.
