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Pip Bruce
Pip has lived in Nelson for 20 years. She is originally from Gore in Southland and enjoyed its proximity to Queenstown, where she loved to go skiing and ice skating. She says that living in Gore did have some compensation after all!
After a long stint at Westpac as a Lending Consultant she joined Barbican in 2005.
As the joint owner of a small business specialising in forestry, along with husband Michael, and with her Westpac experience, she adds a wealth of administration and management experience and skills to the Barbican Training Centre.
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Susan Piket
   
Susan is an original born and bred Nelsonian, but like many young Kiwis, couldn't wait to get out for something more exciting. This led her to accountancy (???). She qualified as a Chartered Management Accountant in England, and worked her way up to Finance Director for a major Japanese securities house. She has since completed a MBA (Master of Business Administration) through Henley Management College in the UK.
After returning to New Zealand she founded Barbican Consulting Limited, now known as the Barbican Training Centre. Her experiences as the owner of a SME and working for a large corporate, have given Susan a solid understanding of the challenges faced by businesses today.
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Phil Hawes
Phil is the newest member of the Barbican team, starting in July 2011. He is responsible for marketing and promoting the Barbican programmes.
Phil is a veteran of the broadcasting industry with more than 22 years working in all facets of radio and television. He has won two New Zealand Radio Awards as an on-air personality.
Having owned and operated several small businesses, Phil is very aware of the challenges of successfully operating a small business.
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Graham Bradley
Originally from Blackpool in England, Graham graduated from the University of Manchester, where in addition to his studies, he would regularly watch with enormous envy the magic of George Best.
In New Zealand, he worked as an Investment Advisor for Westpac before leaving to join the Barbican team. His experience in teaching, owning his own business in England and working for a large corporate have given him valuable insight in helping students develop their businesses and business ideas.
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Doug Milne
Born in Dunedin, Doug has spent all his working life in education. To this end he earned a Master of Education degree from the University of Tasmania, in addition to his other teaching and education qualifications.
Doug is a great sports person and has been involved in table tennis, cricket, rugby, netball, squash, swimming, netball and running to name just some. He is considering tiddly winks for next year just to complete his set. His main form of physical exercise these days, apart from gardening, is running after the grandchildren.
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Nailya Sixtus
Nailya (Nellie) is originally from Russia, and now lives in Nelson with her Kiwi husband.
She graduated from Saratov State University, founded in 1909 on the River Volga, with a BA honours degree in Philology (the study of languages) and also qualified as a teacher of English Language and Literature.
She is a qualified Life Coach, translator and published author. She has worked and studied in Russia, USA and New Zealand. Whilst translating in Russia for a visiting US scientist, she was mistaken for a KGB Major!
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Darren Ward
Darren comes from Northern Ireland where he started his engineering apprenticeship from his home county in Northern Ireland. He has since worked for several large organisations in Northern Ireland, California and Auckland in manufacturing, engineering, management and leadership roles.
In 2008 Darren moved with his family from Auckland to Nelson. After completing an accredited Diploma in Life and Business Coaching in the UK, Darren saw an opportunity to apply his extensive business knowledge tp help others to achieve their goals.
Darren has been coaching for over 3 years and believes that coaching is not about telling people what they need, should or must do,” asserts Darren. “It’s about empowering people to find their own answers; it’s their business, their dream!"
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Sari Hodgson
Sari Hodgson is a Chartered Accountant working in Nelson as a director of Savage and Savage.
She is a Past President of the Nelson Tasman Chamber of Commerce and has served as the Nelson/Marlborough Branch Secretary of the NZ Institute of Chartered Accountants. Sari is also the Chair of the School of Business Advisory Committee at the NMIT, and is a mentor for the Nelson Tasman Business Trust.
Her speicality is small business advisory work, which she finds both interesting and challenging, advising non-profit organisations, and marketing. At present, Sari is studying for her degree in marketing.
Sari has had four books on small business published and has written articles for various business magazines and journals, both nationally and internationally.
Over the years Sari has done a large amount of presentation work mainly in the area of small business courses.
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Keith Coman
Keith has a Masters degree in business backed up by over 30 years of marketing and business development experience in a broad spectrum of organisational settings: from corporates to entrepreneurial start-ups. He operates on the basis that "good theory leads to good practice" and that the keys to developing a successful business is a sound understanding of the competition and an absolute dedication customer service.
Keith is passionate about marketing, and was a senior lecturer at a leading overseas university. He continues to be a marketing consultant in addition to his training duties.
A New Zealand citizen with family ties to this country going back over a 100 years, when Keith is "off duty" he is compulsively addicted to outdoor recreation, military history and classic car restoration.
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Denise Hartley-Wilkins
Denise is a Human Resources and Organisation Development specialist with over 20 years experience gained across a broad range of businesses and industries in New Zealland, England and Canada. Possessing strong commercial awareness with a focus on individual and organisational performance Denise has in-depth expertise in a wide range of people management areas. She is a professionally certified member (MHRINZ) of the Human Resources Institute of New Zealand, and a chartered member (MCIPD) of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (UK). She is a qualified Assessor for Investors in People New Zealand and certified in Lominger Leadership Architect and Interview Architect. Knowledgeable and pragmatic, Denise's interest centres on the link between effective people management and business success. As she puts it “you don’t have great organisations, you have great workplaces". |
Will Piket
Will is another born and bred Nelsonian in the Barbican team. He has a Batchelor of Information Technology degree from Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology.
He is passionate about how social media such as Facebook, and how this can improve your business marketing to make your business the success that yoy want it to be.
He has helped many businesses, both in New Zealand and Australia, improve their success by the innovative and "correct" use of social media.
Will currently lives in Brisbane, Australia, but the wonders of modern technology mean that he is still able to take an active role in many aspects of the Barbican operations.
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Maria Deutsch
For the last 11 years, Maria has been self-employed as facilitator, consultant, trainer and coach.
She has a passion for leadership and her expertise includes strategic planning, quality management and governance.
Maria is a firm believer in ongoing education and has many qualifications including a Master of Science degree, a Diploma in Facilitation, Certificate in Coaching for Outstanding Results, and a Diploma in Tertiary Teaching. She is also an Associate Member of the NZ Institute of Management, a Member of the International Association of Facilitators
In her free time Maria enjoys the outdoors, and together with her partner Scott, looks after 36 hectares of native forest.
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Cher Williscroft
Cher has over 25 years of experience in mediation, management, leadership, and training in personal and professional development and in the effective resolution of conflict. She works as a professional supervisor and mentor, trainer, mediator and specialises in conflict resolution in organisations. Cher has a BA and is also a accredited socio-dramatist and Trainer Educator Practitioner (TEP) and a full member of the professional organisation ANZPA Inc.
She has taught workshops on all aspects of leadership to hundreds of people within tertiary and private training institutions across NZ. She currently specialises in conflict resolution, transforming difficult relationships in the workplace, and presents workshops on having courageous conversations. Her background as a Human Resources Manager and Organisation Development Manager with the Sealord Group Ltd added to her solid organisational knowledge and practical experience. |
Debbie Peplar
Debbie Pepler was born in Christchurch and her work experience began here with a career in real estate, before heading overseas to the UK. It was in the UK that Debbie obtained her Higher National Certificate in Business and Management, before she returned to NZ in 2004.
Debbie is passionate about business and inspires others to dream more, learn more and do more.
In her spare time, Debbie enjoys cooking, travelling the world and spoiling their two moggie cats, Molly and Jesse plus the fish Spotty, Rupert and their babies (x 20).
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Aly Cook
Aly is based in Nelson and is a regular speaker in both New Zealand and Australia on social media. She has a deep understanding of crowd funding and social networking and how these can be applied to business in general, and search engine optimisation in particular.
Aly has a background in publicity for the entertainment industry and was a finalist in the Next Magazine Woman of the Year 2011. She is also an independent recording artist, and received a nomination for Female Country Artist of the Year 2010. She toured several countries in 2011 in support of her album Brand New Day. The funding for her to record this album and and music videos was raised using Crowd Funding and Social Networking.
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Kay Chapman
Kay is an employment relations consultant providing services to employers, and has over 20 years experience in Employment Relations Consulting and Human Resources Management. She has worked both in NZ and internationally, assisting employers in employment related matters.
Kay’s experience includes working with clients in a wide cross-section of industry sectors including manufacturing, education, aviation, finance, construction, tourism, health, retail, food services and government agencies.
Kay has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chinese, and will shortly complete a Post Graduate Diploma in Business (Dispute Resolution).
Kay is a member of the Employment Law Institute of NZ, the Institute of Directors in NZ, and the Human Resources Institute of NZ.
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