Our People

Executive Director

Mike joined SBC in January 2020. His previous role was New Zealand’s High Commissioner to South Africa. Before that he was Director for Sustainable Economic Development at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the founding CEO of Aquaculture New Zealand.

He holds degrees from the London School of Economics and the University of Canterbury.

Mike is based in Wellington.

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Events Manager

Alana joined SBC in November 2021.

Alana has spent a number of years working across the public and private sector, leading events. She has experience with events of varying sizes, from large scale conferences to community-led events and workshops.

Prior to joining SBC, Alana spent a number of years working for Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities. She was responsible for establishing their events processes and guidelines and managing internal and external projects, campaigns and events including visits and announcements with Ministers of the Crown and Government Officials.

Alana is based in Auckland.

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Sustainability Manager – Climate & Environment

Charlotte Kootstra joined in September 2022. Before joining SBC, Charlotte spent three and a half years as the Senior Sustainability Specialist for Ports of Auckland where she focused primarily on climate mitigation, adaptation and looking at the risks and opportunities of varying climate scenarios for the Port and the role it plays in New Zealand’s supply chain. Before that she was at BNZ for seven years in the role of Sustainability Consultant where she managed their carbon inventory, emissions reduction programme and sustainability communications and before that she spent five years working as a Communications Advisor – Sustainability for the BP head office in London.

A believer in living the best sustainable lifestyle she can and a passion for helping organisations realise the positive role they can have on the environment, their people, and their stakeholders.  

Charlotte is based in Auckland.

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Manager – Leadership

Jay Crangle joined in March 2019. Before joining SBC, Jay spent 10 years working in the UK in a variety of programme management, communications and marketing roles across the community sector. She champions businesses to be at the forefront of environmental and social sustainability by bringing them together to deliver results that no single company could achieve alone. She is based in Auckland, and currently on maternity leave.

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Climate Leaders Coalition Manager

Megan is the Climate Leaders Coalition Manager. Megan is jointly responsible for supporting the implementation of our strategy to accelerate the transition to a low-emissions and climate resilient future whilst ensuring that people are at the heart of this transition.

Before joining SBC in March 2021, Megan spent the previous five years working at Air New Zealand within the People function.

Megan is based in Auckland.

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Digital Communications Advisor

Nicole is SBC’s Digital Communications Advisor, having joined the team in July 2022. In her role, she oversees SBC’s digital channels, including our website, social media, Pānui newsletter and more.

Before coming to SBC, Nicole spent two years at Heartland Bank as their Senior Communications Advisor, with a focus on growing Heartland’s digital platforms. Prior to that, she worked for analytics firm Datamine for three years as a Content Marketer.

Nicole is based in Auckland. For all communication queries, including the weekly Pānui newsletter, please contact sbccomms@businessnz.org.nz.

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SBC Membership Manager

Pravin manages member engagement, supporting members to connect with SBC services and programmes.

Prior to joining SBC in November 2019, he worked at Fairtrade ANZ for 12 years in a variety of roles supporting commercial partners in developing and promoting sustainable supply chains in the food and fashion sectors.

Pravin holds a BSc in International Management Science from the University of Wales, Swansea.

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Communications Manager

Rebecca is SBC’s Communications Manager, joining the team in September 2021.

Prior to joining SBC, Rebecca spent two and a half years working for the Commerce Commission, primarily responsible for managing communications across its competition, consumer credit and fair trading functions. Before that she worked as a Senior Communications Adviser for the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, following almost a decade working across TVNZ’s news platforms as a broadcast journalist.

Rebecca is based in Wellington. For all communication queries, including the weekly Pānui newsletter, please contact sbccomms@businessnz.org.nz.

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Manager – Thriving People

Robert manages the Thriving People portfolio. He champions business leadership and collective action that supports employee wellbeing, positively impacts communities and wider society, and puts people at the heart of our transition to a zero-carbon economy.

Robert has over 20 years’ experience providing strategic leadership on critical sustainability issues and their solutions in business, consultancy and public sector organisations in the UK, Australia and New Zealand.

Originally from Liverpool, Robert is a passionate Liverpool FC fan, muso and fitness fanatic.

He is based in Auckland.

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Executive Assistant

Sally has joined the SBC team as Executive Assistant, managing administration and scheduling for our team of nine, as well as SBC’s Advisory Board.

Sally’s previous role was EA to the CEO at the Real Estate Authority.

She is based in Wellington.

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