In a world where borders are closed – how can New Zealand exporters take advantage of opportunities overseas? With 54 global offices, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise is uniquely positioned to help our exporters leverage digital technologies in order to compete internationally. In this session we speak to NZTE’s regional experts based in-market for a look at how New Zealand companies can make the most of current prospects in India, Middle East and Africa.
This Techweek TV session is aimed at New Zealand exporters and New Zealand businesses who want to go global.
You can drop into this event at any time.
This event does not require registration.
Thursday 30 Jul
4:00pm - 4:30pm
Based in Dubai, Tony oversees NZTE's activity in India, the Middle East
and Africa. Most recently he was NZTE's consul general and trade
commissioner in Viet Nam.
Prior to joining NZTE, Tony developed channels for consumer products in
Greater China and South-East Asian markets as Asia business manager for
Fonterra, was international marketing manager at Solid Energy, and was
customer marketing manager at DB Breweries. He also has commercial
experience in sales, marketing, business development and operations
management across the food and beverage and industrial commodities sectors,
including at Credit Suisse and HSBC in the United Kingdom and at Turners
& Growers.
He has arts, commerce and business studies degrees from Victoria University
of Wellington and Massey University, and has completed a general management
programme at INSEAD in France.
2017 UK Finance Monthly Magazine New Zealand CEO Of The Year.
2019 Gulf Region Top 3 Most Influential People In FinTech.
Leigh Flounders is a US / UAE Based Senior Technology & Banking
Executive with CEO, Entrepreneur, FinTech, Capital Raise & Exit
Experience spanning over 23 years working and partnering with some of the
most iconic and disruptive technology companies such as Tencent, Alibaba,
Baidu, WhatsApp, Microsoft, Ping An and TransferWise.
Ashish Hemrajani is the Founder and CEO of Big Tree Entertainment Private
Limited, which operates BookMyShow, India’s leading online entertainment
platform, offering tickets and end-to-end management for live events and
movies as also sports, games, musicals, etc. It is the one-stop shop for all
out-of-home entertainment offerings in India.
Ashish started his professional journey after completing his MBA
specialising in Marketing in 1997. In 1999, he gave in to his passion for
entrepreneurship and founded Big Tree Entertainment.
In 2007, seeing the growth in multiplexes and the increased credit and debit
card penetration in the country, Ashish and his team launched BookMyShow as
we know it today. While passionately driving his model for BookMyShow, he
brought on board believing investors like TPG Growth, Stripes Group, SAIF
Partners, Accel and Network 18 (Reliance). BookMyShow has also ventured into
international territories and has expanded its operations to Dubai,
Indonesia, Singapore and Sri Lanka.
While BookMyShow embodies the true spirit of entrepreneurship and is a
classic example of how a simple idea can go a long way in resolving a
pertinent problem, Ashish also continues to invest his energies in creating
and nurturing the next generation of leaders and entrepreneurs, both within
the organization and outside of it.
BookMyShow also gives back to society through BookASmile, the charity
initiative of the organization. Since its inception, BookASmile through the
power of Re. 1 has positively impacted millions of lives across the country
and continues to generate smiles within the lesser fortunate sections of the
society.
Ashish believes in balance and indulges in a couple of leisure activities
that help him stay focussed, including sailing. The BookMyShow captain cool
considers the sea as a great leveller. He sails every week and participates
in sailing competitions regularly along with his crew. Apart from being out
at sea, Ashish is also drawn to the philosophy of Vedanta.