Southland Leadership Academy
Developing future Southland leaders
The Southland Leadership Academy has been developing Southland leaders since 2019.
We host three intakes of 12 participants each year in Invercargill. In addition to delivering the Leadership Academy on Stewart Island Rakiura, during 2021 – 2022 we will offer Intakes across Southland including Te Anau, Edendale, Lumsden, 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
Regional Commissioner
MSD

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

Stewart Hamilton
General Manager
NZ Aluminium Smelter

Richard Roberts
CEO
Dunedin Airport

Penny Simmonds
MP for Invercargill

Todd Grave
CEO
Blue Sky Meats (NZ) Ltd

Michelle Henderson
Director
Red Rabbit & Co

Shaun Drylie
CEO
SBS Bank

Dean Addie
CEO
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
Distribution Manager
PowerNet Ltd

Paul Adams
Founder and Director Stabicraft Marine Ltd

Dougal McGowan
Economic Development Project Manager, Enterprise Dunedin

Clare Hadley
CEO
Invercargill City Council

Bernadette Hunt
Farmer, and Vice President
Federated Farmers

Mark O'Connor
Director
O'Connor Consulting

Richard Gray
General Manager
Operations Lower South Island - Fonterra

Mike Lange
CEO
Vet South NZ

Amanda Whitaker
Acting Deputy CEO
Southern Institute of Technology
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