Business Councils
The Auckland Chamber of Commerce runs the business council secretariats for the following business councils:
New Zealand United States Council
Mission:
To achieve a free trade agreement between New Zealand and the United States of America.
Chairman Mr Craig Norgate
Executive Director Ms Karen Flynn
Japan New Zealand Business Council
Mission:
To discuss and pursue matters of commercial interest, facilitate contact with governments, contribute to policy, and to foster and deepen mutual understanding essential to the expansion of the trade/investment between the two countries.
Chairman Mr Denham Shale
Executive Director Ms Karen Flynn
ASEAN New Zealand Combined Business Council
Mission:
ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) is committed to strengthening trade, exploring and capturing new opportunities, and providing the crucial links between business and governments. The council provides members with a broad scope of resources, influence, expertise and opportunities encompassing the ten ASEAN countries.
Chairman Mr Tony Nowell
Executive Director Ms Alyssa Cullen
New Zealand China Trade Association
Mission:
To strengthen trade relations between China and New Zealand. Today the association has around 100 company and individual members representing a range of New Zealand business interests.
Chairman Mr Stuart Ferguson
Executive Director Ms Alyssa Cullen
Web www.nzcta.co.nz
New Zealand Taiwan Business Council
Mission:
To promote commercial trade, encourage Taiwanese investment, and to strengthen business links with the Taiwan business community. The council has strong working links with the New Zealand and Taiwanese governments.
Chairman Ms Bertha Wright
Executive Director Ms Alyssa Cullen
Papua New Guinea Business Council
Mission:
To heighten awareness of the business environment and to market opportunities in PNG. The Business Council holds the view that a 'Team New Zealand' approach is necessary to optimise the opportunities for New Zealand in PNG.
Chairman Mr Athol McQuilkan
Executive Director Ms Alyssa Cullen
New Zealand APEC Business Coalition
Mission:
To maintain and nurture a close relationship between business and political leaders of the APEC economies and to advocate and lobby on issues associated with trade and investment liberalisation, trade and investment facilitation, and economic and technical co-operation.
Chairman Ms Fran O'Sullivan
Executive Director Ms Karen Flynn
Australia New Zealand Business Council
Mission:
To provide a link between Government and business in order to optimise the benefits of the Closer Economic Relationship (CER) agreement. The Council is represented on both sides of the Tasman.
Chairman David Truscott
Contact person Ms Karen Flynn
Web www.anzbc.org.nz
Canada New Zealand Business Council.
To promote contact and communication between business people in the two countries and to facilitate bilateral trade, technology transfer, services and investment between Canada and New Zealand.
To act as a clearing house for information on trade and investment opportunities and to widen the contact base of New Zealand traders doing business with Canada.
Secretary: Brian Plimmer
Web: www.canada-nz.org.nz
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