New CEO for ChristchurchNZ

New CEO for ChristchurchNZ
ChristchurchNZ's new chief executive Alison Adams. (Image: Supplied).
Oliver Lewis
The former head of New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) in Europe has been picked to lead Christchurch’s economic development agency. Alison Adams was announced as ChristchurchNZ’s new chief executive on Thursday. She starts in the role on February 8. ChristchurchNZ is wholly owned by the Christchurch City Council through the council’s commercial arm. In the 2021 financial year, it received $11.3 million in council funding, as well as a further $4.9m from other parties to promote Christchurch and help grow the loc...