National office
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Nicola Sutton
Chief Executive Officer
Nicola leads strategic development work. She is responsible for securing national funding, and represents the organisation at sector level; to government and with other external stakeholders.
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Deidre Stallinger
Finance and Systems Manager
Deidre manages the finance team and oversees the finance and IT systems.
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Brenda Wallace
Accountant
Brenda looks after the organisation’s daily financial activity. She supports management and centres by providing financial information, reports and advice.
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Annette Fitzpatrick
Senior Human Resources Advisor (from 30 April 2018)
Annette manages the human resources, payroll and communications functions, providing support and advice to managers and staff.
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Jo Leach
Programme Research and Development Manager
Jo manages the ESOL programmes team and leads strategic planning, research and curriculum development.
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Dorothy Thwaite
Programmes Projects and Support Coordinator
Dorothy is responsible for ESOL programmes projects and provides support to centres and to the ESOL programmes team.
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Victoria Ussher
Reporting and Monitoring Coordinator
Victoria supports centres delivering a range of ESOL programmes. She also oversees the volunteer and learner information database.
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Rose Desmond
NZCEL National Coordinator
Rose coordinates our organisation’s New Zealand Certificate in English Language programme.
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Tracey Ellis
Evaluative and Self-Assessment (ESA) Coordinator
Tracey coordinates quality assurance processes to ensure continuous improvement within the organisation.
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Birgit Grafarend-Watungwa
Operations Manager
Birgit provides leadership and operational guidance to the centre managers.
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Nicki McLeod
Operations Manager
Nicki provides leadership and operational guidance to some of our regional centres.
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Grace Bassett
Communications and Profile Coordinator
Grace manages our external and internal publications and profile activities. She produces the Connecting Cultures journal, and manages the website and the organisation's brand.
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Arunesh Singh
Payroll Officer
Arunesh manages our payroll system. She is responsible for the management and processing of English Language Partners' payroll for 300 staff across the country.
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Fay Fu
Accounts Officer
Fay manages our day-to-day accounts, including all invoicing and payments.
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Clytie Ho
Programme Support Administrator
Clytie manages reception and fields requests and resource orders. She assists in the ESOL programmes area and organises training and other events. She also coordinates our English for Migrants (EFM) programme.
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Anne Chatterley
Executive Assistant/Administrator
Anne provides administration support for the Chief Executive, Board and the national office team, as well as helping centres with fundraising.
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English Language Partners New Zealand
192 Tinakori Road, Thorndon, Wellington, New Zealand
P O Box 12 114, Wellington 6144
Phone +64 4 471 2382
natoffice@englishlanguage.org.nz