New Zealand regional managers

Lionel Crawley

Regional Manager, Tauranga

Lionel is NZTE’s Regional Manager in Tauranga and is responsible for NZTE’s engagement in the Bay of Plenty region with Pipeline clients, local business and economic development agencies.
 
Originally a high school teacher, Lionel took a break from teaching in 1979 and has never looked back. He spent five years in Wellington with the Department of Trade and Industry from 1980 and in 1985 was posted to The Netherlands as Assistant Trade Commissioner covering the Benelux countries and Scandinavia.
 
After travelling for a year in 1990, Lionel returned to New Zealand and managed the Commerce Act team for the Commerce Commission in Auckland for two years.
 
One of Lionel's goals was to join an export company, and in 1992 he was appointed to the management team for the electric fencing company, Precision Electronics Ltd (PEL). After a few years he took over as Export Manager and managed PEL's export growth in to Europe, Australia, and North and South America.
 
In 1999 Lionel moved to Tauranga as the regional representative for one of NZTE’s predecessor organisations, Trade New Zealand. This role has evolved into his current position.
 
Lionel holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Political Science and can still hold a conversation in Dutch.

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Nick Fleming

Regional Manager, Palmerston North

Nick manages NZTE’s Palmerston North office, which covers the Taranaki and Manawatu-Wanganui regions. He is also responsible for a portfolio of export focused clients, mainly in the specialised manufacturing and food and beverage sectors, and manages NZTE’s relationship with a number of regional allies.
 
Prior to taking up his current role in October 2010, Nick was NZTE’s representative in the Taranaki region as part of his role as Senior Enterprise Advisor with Economic Development Agency Venture Taranaki Trust based in New Plymouth.
 
Before joining NZTE, Nick worked in a number of export sales and marketing roles firstly with former New Zealand Dairy Board subsidiary company Lactose New Zealand (now Fonterra Kapuni) and then with Howard Wright Limited (a specialist light engineering company in the health sector).
 
Nick has a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration in Marketing from Massey University.

Lynne Korcheski

Regional Manager, Nelson

Lynne is responsible for NZTE’s Nelson office which covers the Nelson and Marlborough or ‘Top of the South’ region.
 
She is responsible for a portfolio of Pipeline clients, mainly in the food and beverage sector, and manages NZTE’s relationship with a number of regional allies.
 
Lynne has worked with NZTE since it was established in 2003. She previously worked for one of NZTE’s predecessor organisations, Trade New Zealand, and spent a significant period of time in North America, working in Vancouver, Dallas and Los Angeles.

Alan Richardson

Regional Manager, Dunedin

Alan manages the team in NZTE’s Dunedin office, which has responsibility for the Otago, Southland and Chatham Islands regions.
 
Alan also works with food and beverage companies in the region and with local ally organisations to help facilitate links into new export markets for established and first-time exporters.
 
Before joining NZTE in 2004, Alan was responsible for meat at Foodstuffs (Auckland) Ltd - operators of the Pak ‘N’ Save and New World supermarket chains.
 
His role at Foodstuffs followed a 20-year career in the export meat industry, including six years of self employment in exporting value added meat cuts to Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and the United States.
 
Alan has a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Applied Chemistry from the University of Otago.
 
He maintains additional links with the business world through part ownership of a fine wine retail shop.