Colleen is the Rotorua based Chief Executive Officer of Te Arawa Group Holdings Ltd.  She is a chartered accountant and has 16 years’ experience in a range of financial and management roles for national and international companies.

Her former roles have included Chief Financial Officer at Te Arawa Group Holdings Ltd, Associate at Glenn Hawkins & Associates Ltd, and Finance Manager at NZ Maori Arts and Crafts Institute.

Colleen is a Director for Te Arawa Tourism Limited, Te Kakano Whakatipu Limited and Scion Research.

In addition to her Bachelor of Management Studies (Honours) from Waikato University, Colleen has also attended prominent business schools around the world, including INSEAD and Stanford University.  She was a recipient of the Prime Minister’s Business Scholarship in 2014, and plans to attend Harvard Business School in 2016