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2010
Invitation Programme to Japan for Special Fields Counterparts
from NZ (Agriculture) - July 2010
The Japan New Zealand Business Council is pleased
to inform you of a unique opportunity to visit Japan,
and invites you to consider potential nominations
for this programme. The Japanese Government is inviting
a delegation of 50 young New Zealanders involved in
agriculture to visit Japan on a fully sponsored visit.
A summary of key eligibility criteria is shown below:
(a) Applicants should be a young New Zealander who
are interested or specialize in agriculture,
-A person engaged in agriculture, forestry and fisheries
including the processing, distribution and marketing
of these sectors
-An academic, researcher or journalist
-Politician
-Government official
(b) Applicants should, in principle, be New Zealand
citizens and at 35 years of age or below.
Further details and application forms are available
via the JNZBC.
The key dates to note are as follows:
31 March Final date for applications to be
received by JNZBC:
2 April Applications sent to Embassy of Japan
7 May Notification of Selection
5 July Pre-Orientation in Auckland
6 July Departure to Japan
16 July Arrival in Auckland |
| 28 Feb |
Japan Day - Auckland
Showgrounds
The JNZBC will have a booth at the Japan Day on 28 February,
to be held at the Auckland Showgrounds in Greenlane
from 10am to 4pm. |
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New Members to the JNZBC
Executive
We are pleased to announce three new Executive members
to the JNZBC NZ Committee.
Mark Crawford - Executive Committee
Member
Mark is a Partner with KPMG based in Auckland.
Mark has worked in various businesses in New Zealand,
United States, United Kingdom and Japan over the
past 20 years. His experience includes three years
working in a Senior Finance role for a US public
company based in Washington DC. Prior to returning
to New Zealand in 2009, he spent eight years as
a Partner working in Tokyo with KPMG, specialising
in Audit and Advisory Services. In this capacity
Mark worked with many multinational companies
including General Electric, Fonterra and SAP and
was a member of the Tokyo American Club.
Since returning to New Zealand Mark now heads
up the Japanese Practice for KPMG. His clients
include Konica Minolta, Shiseido, Makita and Mazda.
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Andrew Hamilton - Executive
Committee Member
Andrew Hamilton was the founding CEO of The
ICEHOUSE in 2001. The ICEHOUSE is a business
growth centre that creates learning environments
for entrepreneurial firms to enable them to
significantly grow their companies. Since 2001,
The ICEHOUSE has worked with 75 start-ups and
2,500 established entrepreneurial firms. In
2009, Andrew’s contribution to the entrepreneurial
market in New Zealand was recognised with the
award of the Individual Contribution to SMEs
at the Vero Business Excellence Awards and an
emerging leader award for the Sir Peter Blake
Trust. Prior to joining the ICEHOUSE, Andrew
was CEO and Director of Inventure, Fletcher
Building’s venture capital arm which he
established in 1998 and before that he did a
range of different things from lawyer, to Executive
Assistant, Retailer of a Lawn Mower Business
& Sales & Marketing Manager for Kiwi
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Chris Payne - Executive Committee
Member
Chris Payne is a Business Development Manager
in the Auckland office of leading New Zealand
corporate law firm, Bell Gully. Prior to joining
Bell Gully in early 2008, Chris was Development
Executive at Tokyo-based film production company
100 Meter Films, during which he worked closely
with the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and
Industry (METI) on an international feature film
co-production development programme (J-Pitch).
Since returning to New Zealand in 2007, Chris
has been actively involved with the Japan New
Zealand Business Council, Asia:NZ and the New
Zealand Japan Society of Auckland, including serving
on the latter’s council. Chris has MA and
BA degrees in film and history from the University
of Auckland and a long association with Japan
commencing as a high school student. |
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| 12 Feb |
Future Business Counterparts
programme
The Japanese Government will once again run the Future
Business Counterparts Programme, which provides a unique
opportunity for 50 young professionals from New Zealand
to experience the business culture in Japan first hand.
This is the third year that this programme will operate,
and the JNZBC has again been invited to submit a number
of nominations to the Embassy of Japan. JNZBC members
are invited to nominate one person from their company/organisation.
For application forms, please contact info@jnzbc.com.
All nominations received by the JNZBC by 28 February
will be considered by a sub-committee of the JNZBC,
and a final list submitted to the Embassy of Japan on
5 March.
| The key dates are as follows: |
| 28 February |
Final date for applications to be received by
JNZBC |
| 5 March |
Nominations submitted by the JNZBC to the Embassy
of Japan |
| 26 March |
Notification of Selection |
| 31 May |
Pre-Orientation in Auckland |
| 1 June |
Departure to Japan |
| 12 June |
Arrival in Auckland |
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| 2009 |
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| 02 Dec |
Denham Shale hands
over JNZBC Chairman role
Chairman of the NZ side of the Japan New Zealand Business
Council, Denham Shale, announced at the 30 November
Executive Meeting that he is retiring from this position.
He served seven years as Chairman, and has been a
member for more than 20 years. His recent appointment
to the Board of a major New Zealand group of companies
required him to make more space for this new venture.
The Executive appointed Brian Martin as the new Chairman
at this meeting. For information on Brian Martin,
please click
here. |
| 30 Oct |
2009 Conference Chaimen's
Summary
Click
here for details. |
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