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How has COVID-19 shaken the business-as-usual model? What is happening with global and regional trade blocs? What strategies and tools are being formulated to navigate these challenges?

Come and join us for a korero on how a future global economy will affect you and your business.

When: Tuesday 4 August

Where: MFAT/NZTE Auckland office, Level 6, 139 Quay Street, Tāmaki Makaurau

Time: 9.00-10.45am

Format:

9.00 Whakatau

9.30 Welcome by MC

Introduction to the Auckland Office

The global outlook for trade, advancing New Zealand’s trade recovery, and an update on APEC21 hosting

Vangelis Vitalis, Deputy Secretary, Trade and Economic Group, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade | Manatū Aorere

NZTE business support for Māori exporters

Tina Wilson, Te Tumu Whakarae/Director Māori Business, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise | Te Taurapa Tūhono

Q & A

10.45 Morning tea

Livestreaming will also be available. Details will be sent to registrants.

Vangelis Vitalis – Deputy Secretary Trade and Economic, MFAT

Vangelis Vitalis is Deputy Secretary, Trade and Economic. He is also the APEC2021 Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) Chair for New Zealand’s host year and the Chief Negotiator for the Free Trade Agreement with the European Union.

Previously, Vangelis was the Chief Negotiator who concluded the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership and before that in 2007-9 led the conclusion of the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA) and the Malaysia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (MNZFTA).

Prior to taking up his role in Wellington in 2017, Vangelis was New Zealand’s Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva where he chaired the agriculture negotiations in a personal capacity. In this role he helped draft the text of the historic 2015 Nairobi WTO Ministerial Conference (external link) to eliminate agricultural export subsidies. Vangelis has also been the Ambassador to the European Union and NATO in Brussels and has had postings to Canberra and Moscow.

Vangelis has worked outside the Ministry including as an economist in the Secretariat of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). He is a past member of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Future Council on Trade and a member of the WEF Trade and Investment Expert network. He has chaired in a personal capacity the OECD Committee on Trade and the Environment (2008-2017), the OECD Global Forum on Trade and Climate Change and is currently the New Zealand Envoy for the Small Advanced Economies’ Initiative.

A keen saltwater land-based fisherman, Vangelis is married with three children and speaks Greek, German and Russian. He is a longstanding (and suffering) supporter of the Wellington Phoenix Football Club. Follow Vangelis on Twitter: @VangelisVNZ

Tina Wilson, Te Tumu Whakarāe / Director, Māori Partnerships and Capability, Te Taurapa Tūhono | NZTE

Ngāti Tukorehe, Ngāti Raukawa, Muaupoko, Rangitane, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Rārua Atiawa

Tina leads NZTE’s Māori strategy development, capability uplift and strategic partnerships with NZ Inc and Te Ao Māori. She is based in Auckland.

Tina has worked within the Māori sector for the last 25 years, specialising in investment, business strategy, financial management, training and economic development. She has extensive governance experience. She currently sits on Massey University Council and chairs her Iwi Trust and newly appointed Co-Chair of Tupu Toa. Tina is a Stanford University and Te Hono alumni. She is on Te Hono steering committee – focused on lifting the potential of New Zealand’s primary industries.

Tina was the CEO of Iwi Investor (Taupo Moana Group) a specialist investment advisory firm to 80 Māori entities. She holds a degree in commerce and Māori and is conversant in Te Reo Māori and Spanish. She is a firm believe that value follows values.

Tina holds her people at the core of her heart – her driving force for economic advancement of Ngai Māori. Tina and her husband Temuera have four wonderful tamariki, who are her real driving force for Māori economic uplift.

Photo: Pou tu Te Rangi by Chris Bailey, Britomart, Tāmaki Makaurau. Photo credit: NZStory.