OUTLOOK - Grow Wellington

15CONTACTS39FOR MORE REGIONAL ECONOMICINFORMATION CONTACT:COUNCIL CONTACTSCarterton District CouncilColin Wright, CEO+64 6 379 6626colin@cdc.govt.nzGreater Wellington Regional CouncilJane Davis, WRS Divisional Manager+64 4 384 5708jane.davis@gw.govt.nzHutt City CouncilGary Craig, City Development Manager+64 4 570 6920gary.craig@huttcity.govt.nzKapiti Coast District CouncilNature Coast EnterpriseGlen O’Brien, Chief Executive+64 4 298 6611glen@naturecoast.co.nzMasterton District CouncilJan Gerritsen, Manager Community Services+64 6 378 9666janetteg@mstn.govt.nzPorirua City CouncilRay Cowles, Manager, Economic Development+64 4 237 3564rcowles@pcc.govt.nzSouth Wairarapa District CouncilVicky Robinson, Governance Support+64 6 306 9611governancesupport@swdc.govt.nzUpper Hutt City CouncilChris Upton, Director of Business Development+64 4 527 2123chris.upton@uhcc.govt.nzWellington City CouncilPaul Desborough, Manager Strategy+64 4 803 8095Paul.Desborough@wcc.govt.nzOTHER CONTACTSBusiness Hutt ValleyDavid Kiddey, Chief Executive+64 4 939 9821ceo@businesshuttvalley.co.nzBusiness PoriruaMark Copsey, Executive Director+64 4 237 5590mark@businessporirua.co.nzBusiness WairarapaStephanie Gundersen-Reid+ 64 6 370 0913steph@wairarapanz.comNew Zealand Trade and Enterprise0800 555 888www.nzte.govt.nzPositively Wellington TourismMichael Grace, Research andDevelopment Manager+64 4 916 1206Michael.Grace@WellingtonNZ.comStatistics New Zealand0508 525 525www.statsnz.govt.nzWellington Regional Chamber of CommerceCharles Finny, Chief Executive+64 4 914 6500charlesf@wellingtonchamber.co.nzGrow WellingtonGrow Wellington exists to work for and with businessesin the greater Wellington region that want to be world-class.Our aim is to drive growth in exports, to help create a strongand vibrant Wellington regional economy to be enjoyed byall who visit, live, and work here. We work with individualbusinesses, and develop centres of excellence and otherlarger projects involving industry groups and sectors.Grow Wellington was formed on 5 April 2007 as awholly-owned subsidiary of the Greater WellingtonRegional Council, funded in part by a regional rate,and it began operating on 1 July 2007.The creation of Grow Wellington is a crucial part ofimplementing the Wellington Regional Strategy (WRS)that has been developed by greater Wellington’s nine localauthorities in conjunction with central government and theregion’s business, education, research and voluntary sectors.Grow WellingtonNigel Kirkpatrick CHIEF EXECUTIVE+64 4 382 0099nigel.kirkpatrick@growwellington.co.nz