NZTE COVID-19 Market Realities: Recent Episodes
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
COVID-19 Market Realities is a podcast series designed to help New Zealand businesses navigate markets and sectors impacted by COVID-19.
Chris Metcalfe, NZTE Trade Commissioner to Mercosur (the trade bloc that includes Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay), interviews Brazil-based agribusiness experts Nadia Alcantara (NZTE Business Development Manager) and Mauricio Mendez (NZTE Beachhead Advisor) about the agribusiness in Brazil, changes that COVID-19 has brought and more market insights for New Zealand exporters.
NZTE Commercial Business Advisor Greg Harrison speaks with industry advisor and founding MD for Xero in Australia Chris Ridd about the Tech industry in Australia. Recorded 25 May 2020.
NZTE Business Development Manager Hiba Abu Reyaleh speaks with Beachhead Advisor Graham Hamilton about the dairy industry in Saudi Arabia. Recorded 20 May 2020.
Simon Hearsey (NZTE Trade Commissioner) speaks with MiYee Ching (Head of Business Development - Malaysia) and Beachhead Advisor Jeremy Ng about the food and beverage market in Malaysia. Recorded 14 May 2020.
On 18 May 2020, UK agriculture consultant Martin Collison shared his insights on the current United Kingdom agricultural environment and the challenges farmers are facing with Alex Gowen, NZTE Business Development Manager.
On May 7, NZTE Beachhead Advisor Paul Dibbayawan and Head of Business Development Jane Tantakhom spoke with Trade Commissioner Ryan Freer about the situation in Thailand.
On 14 May, Simon Hearsey (NZTE Trade Commissioner) spoke with Fizal Fauzi (Business Development Manager) and Beachhead Advisor Andrew Goodwin about the current situation in Malaysia.
Grocery consultant Hamish Renton of HRA Global shares his insights on the United Kingdom food retail environment with Maria Hellyer, NZTE Business Development Manager. Recorded 12 May 2020.
On May 7 Graeme Solloway, NZTE Programme Lead – Australia defence, spoke to defence specialist Kim Gillis about what’s currently happening in Australia’s defence sector.
On the 6 April 2020 Bella Katz (Commercial Business Advisor, NZTE, Australia-Pacific) gets on-the-ground retail insights and advice from NZTE Beachhead Advisors Christine Proctor and David Ginsberg. Christine Proctor has a wealth of knowledge across customer experience, marketing and digital, and business development. She worked at Kathmandu and Westfield Group, and recently led the launch of UK department store Debenhams in Melbourne. David Ginsberg is a retail expert with extensive experience in FMCG, beverages, dairy, apparel and homewares, health and natural products. He’s worked for multinational organisations in Australasia, Southeast Asia and the Middle East, including Shell, 7-Eleven and Dairy Farm International. He now runs his own management consultancy firm.
On the 14 April 2020 Alan Munro (Regional Director, NZTE, Australia-Pacific) gives an overview of which sectors in Australia are surviving, which sectors are thriving, what New Zealand exporters to Australia should be focused on and what the big opportunities are.
27 April 2020. The infrastructure sector is still full steam ahead with projects like Aerotropolis and West Sydney Airport providing long-term opportunities. NZTE Commercial Business Advisor Anna Booth chats to Sam Sangster, CEO of the Western City & Aerotropolis Authority and Rachel Fowler, GM - Transport & Infrastructure for Beca Australia.
The situation in South Korea looks promising. On 29 April, Philip Turner, NZ Ambassador to South Korea, spoke with Craig Pettigrew (NZTE Trade Commissioner, East Asia) about his advice to New Zealand exporters. In this interview, they are joined by JY Park in NZTE’s Seoul office who talks about what Korean consumers are buying at the moment.
On the 28 April 2020 Craig Pettigrew (NZTE Trade Commissioner, East Asia) speaks to Beachhead Advisor Sam Cassels and NZTE Business Development Manager Shintaro Nakamura. Here they share their observations about the current situation in Japan, including the export challenges and opportunities.