Negociants New Zealand is pleased to announce the appointment of Martin McManus to the position of General Manager, Negociants New Zealand (Domestic), with effect from Tuesday 5^th January 2016. Martin will report to Clive Weston, Managing Director for Negociants NZ.

In Martin’s early career, he succeeded in various marketing oriented positions. He subsequently undertook a number of senior roles within Sony New Zealand and these resulted in successive promotions, ultimately taking him to Country Manager, Sony New Zealand and Marketing Director, Sony Australia and New Zealand.

Among Martin’s strengths, which he will shortly bring to Negociants NZ, are his leadership ability, business planning, financial planning, customer and business partner focus and team development, as well as broad and effective organisational skills.  Whilst not yet a wine industry specialist per se, Martin is certainly enthusiastic about the category and the role that Negociants NZ plays within it and he very much believes in New Zealand’s great wine and food culture. 

Sabra has a solid customer service background, spending the last year working in a sales co-ordinator role in Australia and prior to that a sales support position for Pernod Ricard here in NZ. Sabra is our newest member in the customer services department having joined the team on 31st August 2015.

Also new to the Negociants New Zealand team this year, is Geoff Smith, who has taken over the role of Area Manager for the Upper South Island region. Geoff is responsible for all sales into the West Coast (Hokitika north), Nelson and Marlborough regions including Kaikoura. Contact Geoff on 021 1033377 or email gfsmith@negociants.com