Brett is a creative media consultant/strategist, documentary maker, business manager, and communications manager. He has over 45 years’ experience working in the New Zealand media industry and the business community.
Lisa brings decades of consultant experience from a variety of industries, and has an extensive background in IT projects and management experience.
As a company director and owner, Brett is an effective leader who thinks laterally and creatively and is able to bring out the best in individuals.
Until recently as KPMG’s Communications Manager, Brett brought to bear his broad knowledge of the media, media strategy and policy through his extensive network of media contacts to dramatically raise KPMG’s brand and media profile.
He was responsible for external and internal communications, and developed the firm’s media policy and strategy and managed the advertising and sponsorship profiles, notably KPMG’s sponsorship of Rachel Smalley’s breakfast programme on Newstalk ZB.
An important component of the role was the production and dissemination of Thought Leadership to develop KPMG’s position in the professional services arena as a business leader, in New Zealand and globally.
Brett was involved in Event Management for the firm to showcase KPMG’s services to the business community.
He also developed Executive Brand Profiling and mentoring for the firm’s partners and senior managers.
Brett also has a wealth of experience in news and current affairs within the broadcast / television industry. Broad knowledge of television production, having worked in roles from studio floor manager and cameraman through to Executive Producer/Director. He’s won several prestigious awards, both within NZ and internationally.
Lisa has worked in the areas of business management, office administration and accounting systems for more than 30 years. This includes over 15 years experience implementing business software solutions and training clients to get the most out of their computer software.
Lisa has a practical and effective approach to Change Management - Lisa guides and encourages clients and their staff to learn and grow with their software. Lisa helps clients to use their software as a critical tool to analyse their business and plan future development.
Lisa is a Certified Consultant for business software and accounting software, including:
Lisa is currently a lead solution provider and business analyst for Solution Management.
Formulating a media strategy, policy and plan that will maximise your company’s brand profile in the right media outlets - traditional and new media. A media plan that will profile a company’s leaders and innovative ideas.
How to share with target customers and clients your company’s ideas, and product innovation in targeted media outlets including newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and on-line media. Writing and crafting your business’s Thought Leadership; this could involve the production of innovative and creative video and audio material.
What your business leaders need to do to increase their brand profile with peers, clients and customers; existing and new.
The most creative and cost effective way of spending your advertising and sponsorship dollar. How best to generate new business opportunities for your company.
Set-up and implemention, in addition to ongoing training to ensure that your team stays up and running with the best process.
The most innovative ways of communicating with all of your businesses stakeholders, clients, customers, and staff. How to highlight your company’s achievements and aspirations.
When things go wrong, mistakes are made and opportunities are missed. Brett can help your business navigate its way through the minefield of dealing with the media, clients, customers, and staff, in how best to communicate what’s happened and what’s being done to right the wrongs and fix the mistakes. How best to minimise the damage.
“Brett’s knowledge and relationships in the media industry were invaluable in assisting me with both the development of content and dealing with media enquiries. When KPMG first released research into Foreign Direct Investment into New Zealand in 2014 Brett was instrumental in targeting the right media to gain maximum exposure on Television, Radio and Print media for KPMG’s thought leadership.”
“I worked with Brett while he was at KPMG. He saw a good idea, nurtured it, and sold it to internal stakeholders at KPMG, to sponsor KPMG Early Edition with Rachel Smalley on Newstalk ZB. He was instrumental in turning KPMG Early Edition into a reality and was the key contact in the negotiation of the original agreement.
Brett is straight-up, he tells you whether something is working or not. He's also fair, and his previous media experiences means he knows both sides. Personally, Brett is a pleasure to work with.”
“Brett was a tremendous help to me at KPMG in my role as Head of Financial Services and Financial Services industry spokesperson. He was able to access the right people to secure the right interviews, assist me with press releases and media presentations, both in relation to their content and their presentation style. Brett was always an encouraging figure in those few awkward moments before you “went on”, and honest enough to keep you grounded and focussed during the process.
Brett’s media knowledge and guidance also assisted us to modernise our flagship Financial Services Thought Leadership document, “The Financial Institutions Performance Survey”. Brett also produced and directed the year-in-review video for our 2015 Partners’ Conference at Millbrook in Queenstown, a stunning video capturing NZ’s beauty and our firm’s purpose in an amazing video.”
Qantas Media Awards – Winner and/or finalist over several years including Best Field Director (1998).
New York Film & Television Festival – Bronze Medal 1991/1992 and Gold Medal 1997 for Investigative Reporting (Director).
International Broadcast Award, General Motors Cancer Research Foundation for “July’s Legacy” (1991).
Won Sir David Beattie Award – Best Current Affairs (1989).
Associate Producer/Director Nga Taka Maori – Maori Language TV Talkback programme.
Developed NZI Business, TVNZ, into the highest-rating business programme on NZ Television.
Developed SUNDAY, TVNZ current affairs, into a top-rating current affairs programme.
Election coverage producer of the Political Analysis Unit and all remote broadcast locations for Television New Zealand.
Field Producer/Director – Eyewitness, Close Up, Frontline, Assignment, Sunday.
Current Affairs coverage of the last three America’s Cup including America’s Cup documentary.
brett@rhumbline.nz or call me on +64 21 335 740
lisa@rhumbline.nz or call me on +64 27 447 6972