Operations

Leanne leads the internal operations of the organisation.  She manages the finance, HR, administration and internal governance functions.  

Leanne is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Graduate Diploma from Victoria University majoring…

Trudi started working for LGNZ in May 2015.  Her role is to support the Deputy Chief Executive Operations in the accounts/finance function of the organisation.

She has gained extensive previous experience in accounting…

Frances is the programme manager for the PacificTA programme, a local government technical assistance facility for Pacific Island Countries which has been operating since 2002 and is currently funded by…

Amanda joined LGNZ as a communications advisor in August 2016 and appointed as the Membership and Events Manager in January 2021.  She is responsible for leading LGNZ’s membership programmes, with…

A native Frenchman, Stephane emigrated to New Zealand in early 2018 after 13 years as logistics manager with the Embassy of France in London.  An experienced administrator, he joined LGNZ in…

Noa came on board as Taskforce Coordinator in late October 2018.

Prior to this role Noa worked as the Head of Youth Engagement at Inspiring Stories and founded a social enterprise…

Raquel comes from a varied background of administrative and customer focussed roles, and joined LGNZ in April 2019 after her most recent position as Team Administrator at Forté Recruitment.

Aside from…

Sarah McLean joined Team Support at LGNZ in January 2020. Previously Sarah was self-employed helping small trade businesses with their admin and accounts, largely streamlining processes and making systems more…

Claudia joined LGNZ as Team Support at the beginning of 2020. Claudia completed a commerce degree, majoring in International Business and Management in 2018.

Claudia has previously worked at Inland Revenue…