Our people

Our Senior Leadership Team 

Amanda Wheeler

Amanda Wheeler

Director

021 827 975

a.wheeler@competenz.org.nz

Tim O'Brien

Tim O'Brien

General Manager

t.o'brien@competenz.org.nz

Kate Mooney

Kate Mooney

General Manager - Industry Training

027 761 0750

k.mooney@competenz.org.nz

Pip Walsh

Pip Walsh

General Manager - Learning Design & Innovation

p.walsh@competenz.org.nz

Toni Christie

Toni Christie

General Manager - Employer and Learner Services

t.christie@competenz.org.nz

National and regional managers

Talk to us about signing up a new learner and any enquiries on our training programmes.

Lyndall Clarke

Lyndall Clarke

National Manager - Workforce Development / Customer & Provider

l.clarke@competenz.org.nz

Greg Stuart

Greg Stuart

National Manager, Apprenticeships

027 550 1425

g.stuart@competenz.org.nz

Christine Ewart

Christine Ewart

National Manager, Forestry

027 700 7471

c.ewart@competenz.org.nz

Fiona Horne

Fiona Horne

Regional Apprentice Manager, Northern

027 211 6650

f.horne@competenz.org.nz

Adrian Lyne

Adrian Lyne

Regional Apprentice Manager, Central

027 491 0871

a.lyne@competenz.org.nz

Amit Kumra

Amit Kumra

Regional Apprentice Manager, Waikato and Bay of Plenty

027 449 9107

a.kumra@competenz.org.nz

Steve Brooks

Steve Brooks

Regional Apprentice Manager, Southern

027 281 9828

s.brooks@competenz.org.nz

Workforce development

Talk to us about supporting your wider workforce development needs. Our Workforce Development team are experts in partnering with customers to understand their needs and developing solutions to meet them.

Lyndall Clarke

Lyndall Clarke

National Manager, Workforce Development

027 533 8017

l.clarke@competenz.org.nz

Debs Wand

Debs Wand

Business Partner, Workforce Development

021 745 584

d.wand@competenz.org.nz

Richard Marshall

Richard Marshall

Business Partner, Workforce Development

022 012 9682

r.marshall@competenz.org.nz

Deborah Law

Deborah Law

Business Partner, Workforce Development

09 539 9800

d.law@competenz.org.nz

Quality support

Talk to us about:

  • New assessor registrations 
  • Existing assessor scope extensions 
  • Consent to assess applications 
  • Forklift trainer registrations 
  • Forklift assessor registrations 
  • Moderation – pre and post 
  • Consistency reviews.

We are responsible for ensuring our learners and the users of our unit standards are achieving consistent and quality outcomes.

Karl Mullan

Karl Mullan

National Moderation Manager, Forestry

027 242 7759

k.mullan@competenz.org.nz

Careers

Talk to us if you are interested in working with our national careers team, or you are an employer looking to grow your business.

Our programmes include:

  • Maori and Pasifika career development
  • Gateway programmes
  • Work-ready workshops

Competenz is like the university of the workplace and our national careers team are dedicated to connecting young Kiwis with on-the-job learning opportunities. Young people are faced with huge choice and our careers team can assist with navigating a pathway as well as helping with skills needed to find employment.

Sarah Peldmanis

Sarah Peldmanis

National Manager, Career Development

022 044 6659

s.peldmanis@competenz.org.nz

Louise Penprase

Louise Penprase

Recruitment Executive

022 020 4872

l.penprase@competenz.org.nz

Reg Currin

Reg Currin

Trades Careers Advisor

027 474 4665

r.currin@competenz.org.nz

Bree Evans

Bree Evans

Careers Advisor

022 020 5835

b.evens@competenz.org.nz

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