Thank you to our 2023 judges who have volunteered their time and knowledge in evaluating businesses that entered the Tompkins Wake Rotorua Business Awards.

Judges for the 2023 Awards are:

Convenor

Michelle Urquhart
Tompkins Wake
Michelle.Urquhart@tompkinswake.co.nz

Creative Arts & Design (Rotorua Chamber of Commerce)

Annie Canning
Annie Canning Life Coaching
annie@canninglifecoaching.nz
Darrin Walsh
Westpac
darrin.walsh@westpac.co.nz

Innovation & Technology  (Scion)

Amanda Davies
Scion
amanda.davies@scionresearch.com
Catriona Gordon
Tompkins Wake
catriona.gordon@tompkinswake.co.nz

Manaakitanga Tourism and Hospitality (Rotorua NZ)

Frank Zhou
Westpac
frank_zhou@westpac.co.nz
Ngawiki Ashby Te Nahu
Rotorua NZ
Ngawiki.TeNahu@rotoruaNZ.com

Retail  (Deloitte)

Jo Holmes
 
jo_holmes@hotmail.com 
Samanthat Maistry
Deloitte
smaistry@deloitte.co.nz

PRIMARY MANUFACTURING AND BUILDING (Pukeroa Oruawhata HOLDINGS)

Mark Lovegrove
Focussed Business Improvement Ltd
mark@lovegrovefocus.co.nz 
Gary Herbert
Pukeroa Oruawhata
propertymanager@pukeroa.co.nz

Professional Services (Te Arawa Lakes Trust)

Glenn Tasker
Quest Rotorua Central
glenn@tasker.nz
Cassandra Crowley
Te Arawa Lakes Trust
cassandra@tearawa.iwi.nz

Workplace Safety (Timberlands LTD)

Leesa Haimoana
Timberlands
Leesa.Haimoana@tll.co.nz
Nick Looijen
Hayes International
nicloo@hayesint.co.nz

Employer of the Year (MSD)

Brent MacDonald
Ministry of Social Development
Brent.MacDonald001@msd.govt.nz
Renee Nathan
EMA
renee.nathan@emabop.co.nz

Bilingual BUSINESS (BNZ)

Abbie Proudley
BNZ
Abbie_Proudley@bnz.co.nz
Te Huia Paniora
BNZ
Te_Huia_Paniora-Hepi@bnz.co.nz

Not For Profit & Social Enterprise (Osbornes FUNERAL DIRECTORS)

Tammy-Lee Holmes
PeopleHQ
tammy-lee@peoplehq.nz
Richard Fuller
Osbornes Funeral Homes
richard@osbornes.co.nz

Kaitiakitanga Environmental Sustainability & Climate Change (Redwoods Treewalk)

Kim McGrouther
Scion Research
Kim.McGrouther@scionresearch.com
Desirae Kirby
Rotorua Sustainable Charter
desirae.kirby@apr.co.nz

Emerging BUSINESS Leader (Cheal)

Nick Davies
Cheal
nickd@cheal.co.nz
Melanie Short
Rotorua Trust
melanie@rotoruatrust.org.nz