New Zealand

Kia Ora. If you’re a New Zealand based change professional and ready to expand your thinking, enrich your network and improve your professional capabilities, then we invite you to join today.

Join now, and we will keep you up-to-date with emerging trends here in New Zealand and internationally. Member benefits include access to the latest Change Management thought leadership, virtual conversations and a range of career advancing opportunities. You will also receive invitations to keynote speakers, forums, online masterclasses and networking events aimed at inspiring excellence.

We are the country’s leading practitioners with the desire to continually accelerate and enhance the capability and reputation of our profession. If you are ready to extend your networks, broaden your change knowledge and practices, know more about the profession or you have an interest in change, connect with us now and join us at one of our events. Come on board now; we’d love to meet you.

A bit more about us

With active Chapters in Upper North Island, Lower North Island, the South Island and nationwide virtual events, we provide local networks for like-minded professionals who are keen to extend their professional knowledge and committed to setting standards. Find out more about our events here.

We have an exciting future and we look forward to working with our amazing change community to advance the profession in NZ. We would love to hear from anyone who is interested in joining us, volunteering some time or wishes to provide ideas on useful services for members. Please get in touch.

New Zealand

Lydia Harris, Country Lead

Neville Henderson, Sharon Paine

Local Chapters

Looking for a group nearer to home? Connect locally to extend your network of like-minded professionals working nearby. Attend speaker events, seminars and workshops designed to build your change capability. Check out your local chapter for more information.

Upper North Island

Alana McIsaac – Chapter Lead 
Aakanksha Mehta, Brenda James, Helen Franklin, Jason Sebestian, Petra Dordevic, Theo D’Souza

Lower North Island

Karinna McDonald – Chapter Lead
Andy Bradwell, 
Anna Tregaskis, Christy Law, Dee Sharpe-Davidson, Laurna Ariyaratnam,
Sarah Newman

South Island

Amie Dawson – Chapter Co-Lead, Nicola Adams – Chapter Co-Lead
Jessica Fryer, Olivia Kathan, Raffaela Dragani, Sally Harb, Scott Hellyer, 

Current opportunities for volunteer participation

 We are always looking for new members to join the NZ Chapters in a volunteering capacity.

We are also looking to expand our volunteer network right across the country. If you are interested in playing a role with us, please drop us an email with your CV attached.

How to connect and follow this country group

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New Zealand LinkedIn Group
Global LinkedIn Group
Twitter
[email protected]

We’d love to welcome you as a member.

We are looking for a new NZ Country Lead

NZ Country Lead

Do you have:

  • A passion for all things change?
  • Enthusiasm to lead and facilitate a team of passionate national volunteers?
  • Ideas and fun in creating an attractive membership offering?
  • A well-established change and business network to draw upon for access to thought leaders, event speakers and masterclass facilitators?
  • A zest for collaborating with a local and global Change Community and being a Change Ambassador?

Then we want to hear from you by Wednesday 19 March 2025.

If you are interested, please send your CV + completed Application Form to our CEO Steffi Jackson

Download the Role Description

Download the Application Form

We will be scheduling interviews with our CEO and a global Volunteer Leadership team member once applications close.

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    About Barbara

    Barbara Collins is a seasoned change management professional with over 25 years of experience in delivering complex transformational change for global organizations. With experience from Financial Services, FMCG, Government and Retail, she has successfully led strategic, regulatory, technology, and people-led initiatives across multiple continents, including large-scale ERP implementations and organizational redesign projects.

    Her international experience has equipped her with a unique perspective on managing change in diverse cultural environments. She holds certifications in Prosci ADKAR, Prince2, and Managing Successful Programmes, and previously served as the UK Co-Lead of the Change Management Institute.

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