Project management, product development, business strategy and operations fully remote or based in NZ.
Green Back
@greenback
I build compliance infrastructure for organic food systems across Aotearoa and Australia.
What I'm looking for
I founded Greenback and built ANZOC, a directory and compliance toolkit for certified organic operators across Aotearoa and Australia. It brings public certification data together with tools for ingredient compliance, supplier tracking, label claims, recalls, and traceability documentation.
At BioGro New Zealand, I oversaw core operations for New Zealand’s largest organic certification body, leading cross-functional work across certification, auditing, IT, and customer support. I’ve led systems development, process improvement, and service innovation in regulated environments where compliance integrity and user experience both matter.
I also build practical digital tools for sustainability and public-sector initiatives, including PlantMe.io and Growathon. My work combines operations, agile product delivery, and remote-team leadership to make fragmented, high-stakes systems more trustworthy and usable.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Greenback is a sustainability-focused venture studio. Current build: ANZOC (Aotearoa New Zealand Organic Collective), a directory and compliance toolkit for certified organic operators across Aotearoa and Australia.ANZOC was built in response to the Organic Products and Production Act 2023, which brings a new wave of compliance complexity into the certified ecosystem. It pulls from existing public
Oversaw core operations at New Zealand’s largest organic certification body.
Led cross-functional operations, working with a team of 30 staff and external stakeholders across certification, auditing, IT, and customer support.
Directed business systems development and internal process improvements to meet evolving regulatory and market requirements.
Contributed to strategic planning and service
Specialist verbatim transcriptionist for UK-based transcription agencies, delivering high-accuracy transcripts across technically demanding domains including AI/ML, LLM development, automation engineering, renewable energy, and deep climate tech.
Primary client base included UK R&D tax consultancies, where precision transcription of technical calls directly supported HMRC R&D Tax Relief claims — w
Practice Management consulting for health providers in New Zealand. Offering advice, business planning and change management for medical practices looking to enhance or improve their business efficiency.
Provision of high quality temporary and long term practice management and health administration solutions.
Transcription services for technology companies submitting research and development cl
* Moved medical centre to new custom built site with no operational downtime.
* Managed and grew team of clinical and admin professionals to improve patient experience, out-performing national standard baseline in Ministry of Health Patient Experience Survey across all areas.
* Managed process, systems and workflow overhaul to improve clinical safety and employee workloads.
* Supported team in
Practice Management for new Specialist ENT Head and Neck Surgery bringing robot ENT surgery to New Zealand for the first time.
Marketing including website planning and design
Clinic Setup including fitout of clinical suite at Gillies Hospital
IT implementation and management
Vendor and contractor management
Practice Management
- Strategic Planning: Collaborating with key stakeholders to ensure objectives can be achieved to cost and timeframe and to understand and minimise potential risks and issues. Development of short to medium term business plan and appropriate budgets.
- Leading process and system redesign: Creating buy-in from stakeholders to improve workflows and processes.
- Project management: - Update of IT i
- Business Development for start-up family eco/ethical fashion business.
- Brand development & social media management.
- Stakeholder engagement & management (identifying and cultivating supplier & customer relationships)
- Planned all logistics and operational requirements for 7 day pop up boutique event, Strobe, in Central Auckland, collating 14 designer collections from around NZ in July 201
- Detailed research into NZ Health Care system including key personnel, funding mechanisms & programmes for presentation project.
- Research of customer demographics using CRM and Navision data extractions.
- Reporting and data analysis using Excel and SQL Server Management Studio.
- Attending User groups to showcase software enhancements and developments to customers.
Administrative duties, welcoming patients and record keeping responsibilities.
Use of Medtech32 software to record patient details and answer queries.
ACC Claim uploading and GP2GP transfers.
Terracycle is a US based recycling pioneer recently launched in Australia and New Zealand. So far, having diverted over 2.6 billion pieces of waste from landfill,globally, Terracycle has given over $8.8 million back to non-profit-causes of the fundraiser's choosing.
With a business mission of eliminating the idea of waste through recycling the "unrecyclable", Terracycle offers a unique and innov
Worked as Employment Consultant specialising in supporting members of the Auckland Deaf community into work.
This involved liaising with community members and helping them with CV writing, interview techniques, building confidence and empowering them to fulfill their career aspirations.
Networking with employers and key stakeholders such as Work & Income and Workbridge to maximise opportunities fo
Responsible for day to day running of international band tour management and logistics company.
Optimisation and streamlining of business to maximise efficiency and profit margins.
Advice and consultation on company direction and future business planning.
Finance controller.
Responsible for recruiting, managing and running volunteers for nationwide festival recycling project encouraging and supporting people with disabilities and disadvantaged backgrounds into employment.
Single-handedly running teams at major UK festivals such as Taste of London and Glastonbury Festival to motivate, bolster self confidence and upskill.
Creation of strong working partnerships with local businesses and national chains to enable opportunities for people with disabilities to enter the workforce.
Job coaching, mentoring and support for clients and employers including resolution of problems with recruitment methods and processes that may not be geared up to those with disabilities.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Te Wānanga o Raukawa
Poupou Huia, Te Reo Maori
2025 - 2025
Starting the journey of learning Te Reo Maori
Dev Academy Aotearoa
Full stack software development
2021 - 2021
Full stack development using Node.js, React, Handlebars and working in agile teams.
Incredible experience fostering a growth mindset and learning to be comfortable with the unknown and solving challenging problems. In this intense 9-week, Wellington based bootcamp, I rekindled a love of working face to face with teams of extremely talented, good humans to achieve MVPs with strict time boundaries.
Auckland University of Technology
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business Administration and Management
2012 - 2014
Quest Institute - Regent's College, London
Diploma, Cognitive Hypnosis and NLP
2008 - 2009
As recognised by the National Council of Hypnotherapists
Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts
BA(Hons), Sound Engineering
2000 - 2003
Colchester County High School for Girls
A-Levels, Biology
1992 - 1999
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Location
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Website
anzoc.co.nzSalary expectations
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