West Coast New Zealand

Craig Rust

NDB, NDA,CA

Craig has over 13 years experience in the Chartered Accountancy and Business Development sector.  A fully qualified Chartered Accountant, Craig became a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Zealand (ICANZ) in 1997. Prior to setting up Smart Business Solutions, Craig was a Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers where he was in charge of the business growth team.  

Craig is a well known presenter who has delivered many workshops aroundNew Zealand and spoken at business conferences.  These workshops have included the BIZ Training, Enterprise Training, The Investment Ready Scheme and specific training for Children and Young Families (CYF’s) and other private groups.

Marijke Dunselman

BBus Int. Marketing, DipTeach

Marijke Dunselman runs Strategies Marketing Consultancy Ltd. Marijke’s projects include developing marketing strategies for large and small tourism operators, developing marketing materials, advising tourism businesses on a range of operational and strategic issues.  

Marijke has developed a series of Enterprise Training Workshops especially for the Tourism Sector, which she presents throughout the South Island. Other work experience includes working in Management Training & Development for Heineken, as Manager of Tourism Southland and work in education and market research.

Geof Franks

B Com, DipTch,CA, MBA

Geof is a Chartered Accountant with a background as both a secondary and tertiary teacher. He established and managed a business school in the polytechnic sector, and has held a senior management position in Wellington with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Zealand.

Geof now specialises in training, offering a variety of practical accounting and business subjects, e-commerce and hands-on computer workshops. He is also a training facilitator and examination marker for the Professional Accounting School of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Zealand.

Keith Royce

Keith is one of the South Islands most experienced trainer / facilitators and has worked on contract to the NZIM for over 17 years. He has a wide and varied practical management background. As well, Keith runs his own training consultancy called Management Training Associates.

Skilled in the use of accelerated learning techniques, Keith has a reputation for his participatory and experiential training abilities, and has worked with all levels of management.

A dynamic presenter, Keith has gained acceptance with a wide range of New Zealand businesses including the private and public sectors, universities and other learning institutions, crown research institutes and the health system.

Nancye Pitt

Following a 25 year career in the Newspaper Industry, Nancye set up her own Training and Marketing Business four years ago.

NRP Training & Marketing Ltd presents training seminars on Advertising Sales, Copywriting and Sales and Customer Service for newspapers, corporate and retail companies throughout New Zealand.  Nancye also assists local businesses with Personal Business Coaching, Marketing and Brand Development of new and existing products.  

Within 3 years, NRP Training & Marketing established itself as the leading specialist training consultant for the NZ Newspaper Industry.  Industry experience packaged into training modules has filled a niche market in the training/presenting industry, doing business with a leading Australasian newspaper group in NZ.