Christchurch, (October 16, 2020) - The Needle Exchange Services Trust (NEST) is pleased to announce Philippa Jones has been appointed to the position of
National Operations Manager for the New Zealand Needle Exchange Programme.
Philippa is an experienced leader and senior executive. She has a wide range of industry experience, including tertiary
education, health, professional services, social housing and local government. Her experience spans organisational
transformation and business change, organisation development, human resource management and business operations and
performance. Philippa has led a range of business functions, including HR, IT, marketing and communications, facilities
management and business improvement. She has led complex technology enabled transformation programmes and is experienced
in programme governance. Philippa has a Master’s Degree in Industrial and Organisational Psychology from the University
of Canterbury.
In her most recent role at Deloitte she has been working with a range of local and central government organisations
including the Ministry of Education, Department of Corrections, and the Ministry of Social Development where she has
been supporting them with change and strategy work.
When she is not working, Philippa enjoys spending time at home with her husband and family, cooking for family and
friends and gardening, especially in the summer. She is also an F45 devotee and trains 4 times a week.
Philippa is due to commence her duties at the NZNEP national office on 23 November 2020.
The New Zealand Needle Exchange Programme is one of New Zealand’s most successful public health programmes. The NZNEP is
a peer based service with 20 fixed sites around New Zealand from Whangarei to Invercargill, 1 mobile service and 200
pharmacies are part of the programme. The NZNEP began in 1988 in response to the global HIV crisis and was the first
state sponsored needle & syringe programme in the world.