The Networkers Advisory Board

Our Advisory Board

The purpose of our Advisory Board is to keep The Networkers true to our values and purpose; to advise on direction; expansion and new initiatives.

We are both privileged and honoured to have a group of outstanding, dedicated Members on our Advisory Board. They are all successful business owners, keen Networkers and have a strong sense of community.

Their diversity; expertise; entrepreneurial ideas and advice, which continues to assist The Networkers to be flexible, adaptable and sustainable within New Zealand’s business community.

As a Social Enterprise we intend to assist our business networking and local communities on many levels to make a difference in our local communities and our world.

  • Brent Selwyn
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    Brent is a self-employed solicitor with 30 years’ experience in all aspects of private client law including the areas of property and commercial law, asset protection and estate planning.

    He has sat on three not-for-profit boards in the past and is presently on the board of his daughter’s school, as well as the board of two other national organisations, one a not for profit, and the other being Law Alliance New Zealand. 

    He enjoys a healthy work life balance that sees him able to spend time with his family. He enjoys travel and most things sporting, including being a keen cyclist.

  • Cara Wylde
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    Cara has a fun, light-hearted facilitation style. With a background in creative industries, including web development, marketing, and audio engineering, she has a wide range of knowledge, but is always keen to be learning more. She enjoys facilitating her networking groups because she likes to observe connections being formed and learning from other people.

    She's often the youngest in the room, and loves to encourage the talented and successful group members to share their skill-sets, celebrate their successes and have fun every week.

  • Leah Norman
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    Leah is the facilitator for the Northcote Group, she is an energetic and vibrant facilitator who is passionate about assisting organisations achieve goals of becoming healthier, safer and fairer workplaces. 

     

    She has extensive experience in presenting, facilitating and developing workshops in awareness and workplace compliance by using easy to understand information combined with humour and interactive, experiential exercises.

     

    Outside of The Networkers Leah is a Workplace Relations specialist with 10 years’ experience and prides herself on her ability to create synergies and consistently deliver results for clients. 

     

  • Lee Retimana
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    With 25 plus years in sales and marketing across a diverse range of industries including IT, manufacturing, health and business services, Lee helps businesses grow through the science of marketing.

     

    Lee’s qualifications include a BCA and a MBA (Distinction). She is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK) and sits on the Advisory Boards for both the Massey University College of Business and the Ara Institute of Canterbury School of Business.

     

    Lee originally thought she’d be an accountant but after being totally bored studying accounting and economics at university, she thankfully discovered marketing and the rest is history.

     

    “What I do is combine the science of marketing and brand strategy with fresh thinking and really get under the ‘skin of a business’ to find ways that will turbocharge their marketing. It’s about being enquiring, asking lots of questions, and challenging the status quo. If you keep doing what you’ve always done, you can’t expect to get different results.”

     

    Lee Retimana - Chief Marketer and Brand Strategist - Muritai Group

     

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  • Maria Gold
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    Maria comes from a background of Nursing, Midwifery and Body Therapies. She has a passion for empowering people to be the best possible version of themselves in every aspect of their lives.

    She has created and built two businesses around core values of caring for, empowerment and supporting people in their health, wellness and business journey.

    She believes that everyone needs a community to identify with; that collaboration, business synergies and working “for the good of all” always benefit businesses; their owners and local community. 

    She is the creative force behind The Networkers and serves as it's current Director.