Priority One Appoints Business Development Manager

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Priority One Appoints Business Development Manager
Tuesday 28 April 2009

Priority One, the economic development organisation for Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty, is pleased to announce the appointment Richard Kinzett to the role of Business Development Manager. This permanent appointment follows a year during which Mr Kinzett was seconded from his role as Manager, City Investment Strategy, for Tauranga City Council.

Richard brings significant experience and knowledge to this key role from his diverse background in both the private and public sectors. As Manager of Tauranga City Council’s City Investment Strategy, Richard was successful in bringing 45 businesses and organisations into the programme, which saw more than $20 million invested into Tauranga’s lifestyle infrastructure over a five year period. The programme is a unique model in New Zealand and was developed as a response to pressure to provide infrastructure and services to meet the needs of a rapidly growing city.

Richard also has a strong commercial background, having held senior management roles in Wellington and Auckland. During his time in the IT division of AMP, he project managed the divestment of the AMP General Insurance business within New Zealand and managed all e-services for AMP New Zealand, including relationships between the IT division and other business units. Richard was also Regional Manager (Wellington) for Fisher and Paykel (Cellnet Mobile Services), where he was responsible for key clients, regional marketing campaigns and management of the sales team.

Priority One’s Chief Executive, Andrew Coker, says “Priority One is well progressed on a number of initiatives aimed at building and promoting the region’s competitive advantages. These will ensure we retain and grow our business base. Richard’s role will continue to be crucial in the progression of a number of projects including the establishment of a Marine Precinct on the edge of the city centre, as well as attracting business investment in our core industry sectors of marine, food and horticulture, and information and communications technology.”

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