Canterbury exporter David Boyd becomes ExportNZ chair.
ExportNZ executive director Catherine Beard has announced that Canterbury exporter David Boyd is the new chair of ExportNZ, taking over from Sir Ken Stevens, who recently retired from the role after 11 years of great service.
Boyd is founder and director of Foot Science International, a business that designs, manufacturers and exports orthotics that sell through podiatrists and footcare specialists around the world.
He is a leading member of the Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce, ExportNZ branch, and Foot Science International is a past winner of the Champion Canterbury Awards export category.
Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce chief executive Leeann Watson said Boyd is highly regarded in the Canterbury business community and is a businessperson who gives a lot back to other exporters in many ways, including as a beachhead adviser in the NZTE network.
Boyd said he was looking forward to working with the rest of the ExportNZ advisory board members on how ExportNZ can support exporters through policy and advocacy on exporter issues and through the eight regional offices around New Zealand, which are operated by the EMA (Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty), Business Central (Manawatū, Hawke’s Bay, Wellington), Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce (Canterbury) and Otago Southland Employers Association (Dunedin and Invercargill).
Boyd said it has never been more important for the export community to support each other than in these challenging economic times, and that is the strength of the ExportNZ network.
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