Annual Report/2011 - Royal New Zealand Ballet

8 Annual Report/2011to be maintained. Competition for the corporate dollar and individual donations is high.RNZB will need to invest further resources in order to diversify its income streams in futureand maintain its current profile.One of the key challenges of my role is how to structure the company to make it financiallyrobust enough to sustain producing work in a risk adverse environment. In 2012 we willwelcome Susannah Lees-Jeffries to the team as Marketing and Development Director.Susannah is a New Zealander returning home after working at both the Wigmore Hall andThe Royal Ballet in London. I like to think that Ethan, Susannah and myself along withour Technical Director, Andrew Lees, will make for an inspirational senior managementteam going forwards. The opportunity to form a structure that will support our mission ispossibly the most satisfying thing that I will work on.2011 has been a year that has made big demands on us all but the return has been worth it.The entire company goes into 2012 with a well deserved sense of achievement.Amanda SkoogManaging DirectorThe Royal New Zealand Ballet