New Zealand Food Safety Authority

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New Zealand Food Safety Authority
Chief Executive Andrew McKenzie
Deputy Chief Executive
Sandra Daly
Executive Assistant Melissa Tamanui
Director Finance Gary Lewis ( 2 staff )
Director Communications Infrastructure Sandra
Daly (29 staff)
Director Market Access Tony Zohrab (9 staff)
Director Approvals Agricultural Compounds
and Veterinary Medicines (ACVM) Debbie
Morris (42 staff)
Director Verification Agency Steve Gilbert (306
staff)
Director Policy and Food Standards Carole
Inkster ( 36 staff)
Director Standards Carol Barnao ( 52 staff)
Director Science Steve Hathaway (11 staff)
Director Compliance Investigation Geoff
Allen (25 Staff)
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COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP
Director (Communications Infrastructure) Sandra
Daly
Finance Manager (Finance) Paul Barns Advisor
(Finance) Vacant
Executive Assistant Melissa Tamanui
Chief Information Officer Ashley
Mudford Programme Manager (IM Service Delivery)
Suzanne Jones Senior Advisor (Business
Analysis) Beth Burn Sue Hill Anne
Weinbrenner Rob Scott Advisor (Web) Jocelyn
Baldwin Laurence Clear Coordinator (IM) Yvonne
Hautapu Assistant (IM) x 2 Sheryl
Robertson Semesa Manulevu
Communications Manager (Communications) Gary
Bowering Programme Manager (Communications) Phili
ppa Ross-James Wendy Harding Advisor
(Communications) x 3 Kate Hutchison Megan Clarkin
( Research) Miriam Meister ( Media ) Advisor
(Science Communications) Lisa Sinclair Advisor
(Consumer Enquiries) Niamh Murphy
Human Resources Manager (Human Resources) Rob
Calder Senior Advisor (Human Resources) Christin
e Newson Kim Jones Advisor (Human Resources)
Gill Wilson
Business Services Manager (Business
Services) Lilli Ficko Administration Assistant
(Business Services) Kelly McKenzie Melanie
Kerr Receptionist Betty Agenbag

Maternity Leave Contractor
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EXPORT STANDARDS GROUP
Director (Export Standards) Carol Barnao
Director (Market Access) Tony Zohrab
Executive Managers Support teams
Deputy Director (Export Standards) Bill Jolly
Assistant Director (Certification) Gill Rodley
Assistant Director (Export Standards Systems -
Animal Products) Mary Western
Assistant Director (Export Standards Systems
- Plant Products and Processed Food) Kay Shapland
Market Access Team
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EXPORT STANDARDS GROUP
Assistant Director (Export Standards Systems -
Animal Products) Mary Western
Co-ordinator (Administration) Kirsty Tait
Shared with plants group
Programme Manager (Export Standards Systems -
Residues) Mike Clear
Senior Programme Manager (Export Standards
Systems - Primary Production) Tony Rumney
Senior Programme Manager (Export Standards
Systems -Dairy) Ann Hayman
Senior Programme Manager (Export Standards
Systems - Animal Products) Greg Zemke-Smith
Advisor (Export Standards Systems Animal
Products) Damien Cleland
Programme Manager (Export Standards Systems -
Laboratory Systems) Gail Mustor

NB. Plus one contractor


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EXPORT STANDARDS GROUP
Assistant Director (Export Standards Systems
Plant Products Processed Foods) Kay Shapland
Senior Programme Manager (International
Standards) Phil Fawcet
Advisor (Export Standards Systems - Organics
Plants) Afreen Rahman
Programme Manager (Export Standards Systems
-Residues - Plants) David Lunn
Advisor (Plant Products Processed Foods) Kate
Smith


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MARKET ACCESS
Director (Market Access) Tony Zohrab
Director (Export Standards) Carol Barnao
Market Access Counsellor (Brussels) Brian
Astridge
Deputy Director (Export Standards) Bill Jolly
Market Access Team
Line report to Director (Export Standards)
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EXPORT STANDARDS GROUPMARKET ACCESS
Deputy Director (Export Standards) Bill Jolly
Executive Assistant (Market Access) Dee Swanerton
Senior Programme Manager (Market Access) Vacancy
Senior Programme Manager (Market Access) John Lee
Programme Manager (Market Access) Antonia Aloe
Senior Programme Manager (Market Access) Neil
McLeod
Market Access Counsellor contracted Phil Ward
Senior Advisor (Market Access) Helen Eyles
Senior Advisor (Market Access) Sandra
Greenall Palmerston North
Programme Manager (Market Access) Vacant
Programme Manager (Market Access) Chris Kebbell


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EXPORT STANDARDS GROUP AUCKLAND CERTIFICATION UNIT
Senior Advisor Business Analyst Sue Hill
Assistant Director (Certification) Gill Rodley
Programme Manager (Certification) Vaughan Porter
Advisor (Certification) Vacant
Programme Manager (Verification) Diane Burchell
Programme Manager (E-Cert) Drasko Pavlovic
Senior Advisor (Client Services) Kate Slinn
Senior Advisor (Operation) Kym Harper
Senior Advisor (Systems)
Coordinators Vivienne Knipe
Senior Coordinator Lois McPherson
Advisor

Advisors Phillipa Robertson Anu Ravi Alison
Norrie Jasmin Terpstra Olinda Domingo

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APPROVALS ACVM GROUP
Director (Approvals ACVM) Debbie Morris
Executive Manager Support
Standards Systems Team
Change Manager Chris Boland
Programme Manager (Performance Systems) Trish
Whitaker
Programme Manager (Approvals ACVM
Standards) Warren Hughes
Assistant Director (Approvals) John Bongiovanni
Advisor (MRLs / Approval Systems) Andrew
Pearson Advisor (ACVM Standards
Animals) Paulina Rodriguez Advisor (ACVM
Standards Animals) Lucy Johnston
Shared with Export Standards and New Zealand
Standards Groups
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APPROVALS ACVM GROUP
Assistant Director (Approvals) John
Bongiovanni Approvals Implementation Team
Programme Manager (Operations) Maree Zinzley
Advisors Simon Ellery Linley Thorburn Chris
Scott Alice Palmer Coordinator Mary Alexander
Programme Manager (Production Processing) Peter
Fairless Advisors Glen Bradbury Charlotte
Treffers Coordinators Hugh Meek Erin OBrien
Programme Manager (ACVM Non-Food
Assessment) Neil Kennington
Programme Manager (Food Service, Sale
Imports) Stephen Bell Advisors (FCPs) Natalie
Watson Ben Leen Vacancy
Senior Advisor (Chemicals) Warren
Tully Advisors (Plants) Bruce Nalder Rebecca
Fisher Advisor (Animals) Ana Zdravkovich
Advisor (Process Performance Systems) Craig
Brady
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APPROVALS ACVM GROUP
Executive Manager Jodie Trubshoe Halina Smolski
Advisor (Business Services) Wayne Dalton
Vacancy Vacancy Coordinator (Business
Services) Jane Chuang Larry Mao
Executive Assistants Emma Miles-Buckler

• Provides support to Approvals ACVM, Export
  Standards and NZ Standards Groups

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COMPLIANCE AND INVESTIGATION GROUP
Director Geoff Allen
Deputy Director Neil Kiddey

Solicitor and Senior Advisor Prosecutions Vacancy
Programme Manager Domestic Imported
Food Vacancy

Programme Manager Dairy Plant Products Ian
Cardno
Programme Manager Investigations John Schouten
Programme Manager Animal Products ACVM Neil
Kiddey


Assessors Carolyn Stone
Assessors Stephen Higgs Bill Talboys David
Wallace
Investigators Ron Fredericksen John Gibson Brian
Leonard Graeme Skeet Vacancy
Assessors John Cahill Ziggy Bojarski Wayne
Freeman Dudley Morrison Lindsay Nicholls Donn
Olsson Jack Pociecha
Solicitors and Advisors Prosecutions Rebecca
Easterbrook Margaret Brooker Blair Piper
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SCIENCE GROUP
Director Steve Hathaway
Executive Assistant Audrey Taulalo
Manager (Science) Andrew Pavitt
Principal Adviser (Public Health) Dr Donald
Campbell
Principal Adviser (Toxicology) John Reeve
Principal Adviser (Microbiology) Dr Roger Cook
Principal Adviser (Chemicals) Dr Paul Dansted
Senior Adviser (Foodborne Zoonoses) Dr Terry Ryan
Senior Advisor (Natural Toxins Viruses) Vacant
Risk Analyst Dr Lisa Oakley
Risk Analyst Peter van der Logt


Post-Graduate Programme Petra Mullner
Senior Adviser (Meat Hygiene) Bob Jackman
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Shared with Joint Food Standards Groups
POLICY GROUP
Director (Policy) Carole Inkster
Executive Manager Mariana van Niekerk
Administration Assistant Cathy Corbett Jess
Corbett (part time)
Chief Legal Advisor (Legal) Adrienne Meikle
Deputy Director (Policy) Bruce Burdon
Snr Programme Manager (Codex) Raj Rajasekar
Policy Analyst Melissa Quarrie
Snr Solicitors Gina de Graaff Sue
Minot Solicitors Matthew Green Katie
Fairbrother Temp Ass Legal Marina Waterhouse
Ministerial Servicing Programme Manager Louise
Dooley Policy Analyst Ministers Advisor Howard
Stavely Ministerials Assistant Ann Taylor
Primary Production Processing Snr Programme
Manager Cherie Flynn Snr Policy Analyst Jennie
Kennerley Policy Analyst Sonia Scott
Domestic Food/ Retail (and SPS) Programme
Manager Jo Pohatur Snr Policy Analyst Maria
Gracie Policy Analyst Simon Olsen
Snr Policy Analysts Lisa Ralph Jackie Lay Policy
Analyst Will Murray vacancy
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JOINT FOOD STANDARDS GROUP
Director (Joint Food Standards) Carole Inkster
Executive Manager Mariana van Niekerk
Assistant (Administration) Cathy Corbett Jess
Corbett (part time)
Assistant Director (Joint Food Standards) Jenny
Reid
Programme Manager (Labelling) Angela OSullivan
Programme Manager (Composition) John van den
Beuken
Programme Manager (Nutrition) David Roberts
Senior Advisors (Food Standards/ Nutrition/Food
Technology) Clare Chandler Ursula Egan Janet
Goodman Charlotte Channer Phillippa Hawthorne
Advisor (Food Standards/ Nutrition/Food
Technology) Julia Clark
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Principal Advisor (Risk Management) Judi Lee
Positions shared with ACVM, Approvals New
Zealand Standards Export Standards Groups

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NEW ZEALAND STANDARDS GROUP
Assistant Director (Production Processing) Judy
Barker
(Senior) Programme Manager (Production
Processing) Sharon Wagener
Coordinator (Administration) Sian Reynolds Shared
with TSS Team
Programme Manager (Animal Products Meat
By-products) Janine Collier
Senior Programme Manager (Animal Products -
Dairy) Shona Scott
Programme Manager (Animal Products) Lennox
Vellekoop
Senior Programme Manager (Animal Products -
Seafood) Phil Busby
Senior Programme Manager (Animal Products) Jim
Sim
Programme Manager (Wine Plant Products) Lisa
Winthrop
Programme Manager (Animal Product Food
Processing) Lisa Olsen
Programme Manager (Animal Product Food
Processing) Imogen Claridge

Advisor / Senior Advisor (Animal Products within
Production Processing) (Vacant)
Senior Advisor (Production Processing) Janet
Young

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NEW ZEALAND STANDARDS GROUP


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NEW ZEALAND STANDARDS GROUP
Assistant Director (Event Emergency
Response) Trish Pearce
Advisor / Senior Advisor (Event Emergency
Response) Janice Attrill
Response Preparedness Development Review
Team (Expertise drawn from across NZFSA)


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NZFSA VERIFICATION AGENCY
New Zealand Food Safety Authority Executive
Director Andrew McKenzie
NZFSAVERIFICATION AGENCY (Director) Steve Gilbert
Agency Techincal Manager Chris Mawson
Technical Team Structure Auckland Bay of
Plenty Hawkes Bay Waikato Taranaki/ Manawatu/
Wanganui Wgtn/ Marlborough/ Nelson/ W.Cost
Cabterbury South Canterbury/ Otago Southland
Resource Deployment
Finance
Business Services
Training Team
IT / VA Online
Technical Co-ordinators