Southland Leadership Academy
Developing future Southland leaders
The Southland Leadership Academy has been developing Southland leaders since 2019.
The Leadership Academy has been delivered across Southland including Invercargill, Te Anau, Edendale, Gore, Lumsden, and on Stewart Island Rakiura. During 2022 we will host two intakes of 12 participants in Invercargill, plus one in both Gore and Otautau.
The purpose of this programme, which is completed over multi-days, is to provide leaders with the opportunity to build leadership capabilities through their own personal development and by learning from the experience of others.
The Leadership Academy is for people who are passionate about developing their existing leadership experience and who have the potential for holding senior positions and governance roles.
The participant, at the completion of the experiential and reflective learning sessions, will be better equipped and have a good understanding of what is required to be a leader in their own organisation and in the wider business community.
Each session is led by a senior executive from significant Southland – Otago based businesses or other organisations. The participant will benefit from the opportunity to interact with the presenter and build an ongoing connection with them, and other participants.
At the end of the programme, participants will graduate and be invited to become a member of the Southland Leadership Academy Alumni.
Meet our Inspirers

Jason Tibble
Deputy Chief Executive - Learner Journey, Manukura Tuarua - Ara Tauira
Otago Polytechnic

Jocelyn O'Donnell
Director
HW Richardson Group

Robert Boekhout
General Manager
Blue River Dairy

Geoff Finnerty
General Manager
South Port NZ Ltd

Dr Flora Gilkison
CEO
Hospice Southland

Bernadette Hunt
Farmer, and Vice President
Federated Farmers

Richard Roberts
CEO
Dunedin Airport

Penny Simmonds
MP for Invercargill

Richard Gray
General Manager Operations Lower South Island - Fonterra

Michelle Henderson
Director
Red Rabbit & Co

Shaun Drylie

Dean Addie
Business Development
Manager EIS Ltd

Aimee Kaio
Programme Manager
Tokona te Ao of Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu

Paddy O'Brien
High Performance Sevens Referee Manager
World Rugby

Danny Leonard
Operational Excellence Business Partner
PowerNet Ltd

Stephen O'Connor
Principal
Mitre Wealth Management

Dougal McGowan
CEO
Football South

Clare Hadley
CEO
Invercargill City Council

Mark Bryan
Managing Director
VetSouth

Mata Cherrington
Associate
Centre for Social Impact
Inspirer Alumni

Todd Grave

Stewart Hamilton

Paul Adams

Mark O'Connor

Onno Muller



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