René de Monchy
Tourism New Zealand
Chief executive
- Appointed April 2021.
- Previously interim chief executive for four months, and before that director commercial.
- Led a team in 15 offices in 14 countries responsible for identifying markets and audiences to target for travel to NZ.
- Also led the development of Tourism NZ’s aviation strategy of partnerships with international airlines.
- Joined TNZ in August 2015 after 20 years in consumer-led businesses, including local and international marketing roles for Fonterra, Heineken and Asia Pacific Breweries in Singapore.
Career
Heineken N.V.Connected People More Connections
Connected Entities More Connections
Discover the public sector and its key players
Our sponsors
Discover the investigation
Climate change demands huge and important decisions by central government. Have we learned the right lessons from Think Big? Former energy policy adviser John Boshier's new book, Power Surge, traverses those times.
The government was about to dive into a $600m plan for a new improved MIQ but its border reopening plan has seen the project put on hold for now.
The Commerce Commission came in for a drubbing from the top tier firms that completed the NZ Initiative's survey, but the Reserve Bank improved.
Is New Zealand so fearful of offending China that we cannot voice our support for Taiwan's involvement in WHO affairs, asks former top diplomat.
Four crises have been inherited from preceding governments, but will they be addressed by changes to the health system that have been rushed and inadequately thought out?
NZ is one of the least efficient high-income countries at delivering infrastructure – just look at light rail.
