Angela, our CEO, brings a deep business knowledge having worked in Supply Chain, Operations and business consulting, mostly in the food industry before joining us. She is humbled and excited to join KiwiHarvest and looking forward to helping the team make a difference in the food rescue sector.
DEBORAH MANNING
Founder & Strategic Engagement Advisor
Deborah is the founder of KiwiHarvest, an accomplished entrepreneur, and strategic engagement advisor with a passion for creating impactful change.
Deborah’s journey began with a profound desire to address the pressing challenges of food waste and food insecurity and make a positive impact on society. In 2012, from the back of her car, she founded KiwiHarvest in Dunedin expanding to Auckland in 2015. She further established the New Zealand Food Network in 2020 to support food rescues and food hubs across the country and provide a socially positive solution for businesses to provide surplus and short-dated food.
As our Strategic Engagement Advisor, Deborah plays a crucial role in helping establish and maintain relationships with our stakeholders while identifying emerging opportunities and potential challenges in a rapidly changing business environment.
Deborah sits on the boards of KiwiHarvest, New Zealand Food Network and New Zealand Food Waste Champions 12.3.
Auckland
Sam Beaumont
Account Manager - Donars (Auckland)
Sam joins us with a strong background in client relationship management and financial management. Sam decided to move away from banking and lending services to pursue work in a sector that has strong social responsibilities and outcomes. He is keen to fully engage in the benefits that food rescue will have for our environment both in protection of our land and our air. We are so pleased to have him onboard with KiwiHarvest.
ANNE-MARIE FRIIS
Head of Marketing & Fundraising
KiwiHarvest Auckland
Anne-Marie has extensive experience in International Food Marketing and has in recent years moved into the Charity sector. The role at KiwiHarvest enables her to put all of her food and charity experience to great use. Anne-Marie loves what we do at KiwiHarvest, helping feed our most vulnerable while also helping our environment, two critical issues facing NZ and the world.
Jennifer Stephens
Relationship Manager
Jennifer is our Relationship Manager here in Auckland. She joins us from a background in town centre management, community advocacy, marketing, and event management. Jennifer is most looking forward to increasing KiwiHarvest’s capability to support those in need while reducing food waste in NZ. When Jennifer isn’t out and about meeting with food donors and recipients, you’ll find her on hiking and cycling expeditions around NZ either solo or with friends and family.
HARMONY RYDER
Operations Supervisor
KiwiHarvest Auckland
Harmony is our Auckland Operations Supervisor and has worked in the food industry for several years prior to joining the team. Harmony is very excited to pursue a career in food rescue, helping provide food support to Kiwis in need. She can’t wait to learn more about the sector and what the role has in store for her.
SETI TUALA
Food Rescue Driver
KiwiHarvest Auckland
Seti knows the food industry inside out from her years of experience working as a chef. She is now putting her experience and skills to good use for KiwiHarvest delivering good produce out to recipient agencies and helping them to work out what to do with it all!
PETER GERRARD
Food Rescue Driver
KiwiHarvest Auckland
Every morning Peter rides his bicycle to work to then spend the day collecting boxes and pallets of good food and delivering it into to the community. In his free time, Peter loves to explore different golf courses around New Zealand.
Trey Teariki
Food Rescue Driver
KiwiHarvest Auckland
Trey has been working in the food industry since leaving school.
His mum is the Kris Jenner of Auckland with brothers, Terry, Tommy and of course Trey, (T rather than K for all of the children’s names). Trey has Kim Kardashian qualities as he is passionate about clothing and plans to have his own clothing brand one day. Trey will be out on the road and working in the KiwiHarvest warehouse.
LOLA RETI
Food Rescue Driver
KiwiHarvest Auckland
Lola has joined us from a food company in East Auckland.
Lola is Ngapuhi Raua Ko te arawa and is currently living in Pokeno. She is proud and very happy to be part of the team and serving her community ticks many boxes for Lola.
RYAN HART
Warehouse Assistant
KiwiHarvest Auckland
Ryan has over 15 years of experience in the building industry and has always enjoyed working within a team. He wanted a change in career and be involved in making a positive change within the community. Since joining the KiwiHarvest team, Ryan has been out on the road rescuing food and finds satisfaction in knowing that the food we collect, goes out to those that are in need. Ryan will be working predominantly in our warehouse, but you may also find him delivering rescued food.
Dunedin
Rob Rietveld
Operations Supervisor KiwiHarvest Dunedin
Born and raised in Ōtepoti, Dunedin, Rob has spent 10 years overseas working and traveling as a chef.
He’s looking forward to bringing his food knowledge to KiwiHarvest to help educate and promote a zero-food waste system. He’s also excited to be back home in his favourite little city doing a job that directly impacts the local community.
ALLAN CROAD
Food Rescue Driver
KiwiHarvest Dunedin
Allan has been part of the team from the early days, first has a volunteer and then as one of Dunedin’s drivers. He is kept busy delivering good, nutritious food to our recipient agencies and collecting food from our amazing food donors. Al is also our resident handyman!
Richard joins the Dunedin team with 48 years of experience working as a fire fighter including operational firefighting, investigation and is an ACC accredited auditing health and safety rep. He is passionate about helping those in need and working with a motivated team.
Lara Valentine
Food Rescue Driver
KiwiHarvest Dundin
Lara first learnt about KiwiHarvest when she worked at the Otago Business School. Since then she wanted to become involved, and it was after returning at the Otago Polytechnic in Community Care and Human Support Services that she had the opportunity to apply her skills and volunteer. Lara loves her job rescuing food and getting to know the generous donors and hard working recipients. It is very fulfilling because now more than ever, kindness matters! Working alongside awesome volunteers is an absolute privilege, while keeping fit and strong are some of the bonuses of this fun job.
invercargill
Dwight Gray
Food Rescue Driver KiwiHarvest Invercargill
Dwight comes to KiwiHarvest with experience spanning farming, transportation, and the intricacies of the meat processing industry. A devoted father of three grown children, a grandfather of two, with two more blessings on the horizon. Beyond his professional endeavours, he finds solace in tending to his sprawling 70-acre farm, cherishing moments with his loved ones, and embarking on adventures in his caravan alongside his beloved wife.
queenstown
GARY HOUGH
Food Rescue Branch Lead & Driver
KiwiHarvest Queenstown
Gary is our Food Rescue Branch Lead in Queenstown and comes from a background in business and marketing management having previously worked for a family run tourism company. Since the pandemic hit Gary has been on the lookout for a new career path and when the opportunity to work for KiwiHarvest came up he thought it would be a great fit. Gary is keen to contribute more to his community and make a positive change so we are thrilled to have him onboard.
NORTH SHORE
Chrysty Fordyce
Food Rescue Driver
KiwiHarvest North Shore
Chrysty joins the North Shore team with a background in administration and is a super mum to her three beautiful children. Chrysty has been on the receiving end in times of need so she is really looking forward to working hard to make a difference and give back to those in need.
Nate Kaiki
Food Rescue Driver
KiwiHarvest Auckland
Nate joins the Auckland team with many years of experience in the courier and delivery business, making Nate the perfect person to navigate Aucklands busy roads. Passionate about food and serving his community, Nate is stoked to join KiwiHarvest as a Food Rescue Driver.
Our Board
DAVID KIRK
Board Chairman KiwiHarvest
David Kirk is familiar to many Kiwis through his achievements at the top levels of both business and sport. He captained the All Blacks to win the Rugby World Cup in 1987. In business, David is Co-founder and Chairman of Bailador Technology Investments. He is also the chairman of KMD Brands and Forsyth Barr, as well as director on multiple boards. He was awarded an MBE in 1988 and spent a period as an advisor to the New Zealand Prime Minister.
SUNEIL CONNOR
Board Member / Treasurer KiwiHarvest
Suneil is the Group Chief Financial Officer for Service Foods. He is a Chartered Accountant, Committee Member & Treasurer of the Auckland Branch of the Institute of Directors, a Board Observer for CAANZ Auckland, board member of Auckland Foundation and New Zealand Food Network. Suneil holds the position of Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee for KiwiHarvest, New Zealand Food Network and Auckland Foundation.
DEBORAH MANNING
Board Member KiwiHarvest
Deborah is our Founder, bringing the food rescue concept to life in Dunedin in 2012 and Auckland in 2015. A qualified lawyer and physiotherapist, Deborah has worked in the public health system, various law firms and is an invited lecturer at the University of Otago as well as a past member of the Board of Advisors of the University of Otago Legal Issues Centre (UOLIC). Deborah is a member of New Zealand Food Waste Champions 12.3 – a coalition of 12 Champions from New Zealand’s food supply chain who are committed to halving food waste by 2030 (Sustainable Development Goal Target 12.3) and being a leading voice in advocacy, strategy and education on food waste issues.
SUZANNE O'LEARY
Board Member
KiwiHarvest
Suzanne is a Director of January Group – an executive search and recruitment firm. She was formerly a Partner at PwC leading the Supply Chain & Operations consulting service line assisting clients in the agribusiness, FMCG and 3rd party logistics sectors. Prior to that she worked as a supply chain manager in the automotive and FMCG sectors. Suzanne has a Commerce degree and post graduate qualifications in Supply Chain. She is a member of the University of Auckland Advisory Group for the Centre for Supply Chain Excellence and Women in Supply Chain. Suzanne comes to KiwiHarvest with 25-years experience with not-for-profit organisations as an active member of Downtown Rotary.
DEBBIE PERI
Board Member
KiwiHarvest
Debbie is an Associate Director at Datacom NZ, one of Aotearoa’s largest technology companies. She heads up the Auckland enterprise account and service management teams. Debbie has more than 20 years’ experience in leadership and executive roles in commercial, procurement, IT, strategy, sustainability, Te Ao Maori and transformation at Fonterra, Spark, UniServices / University of Auckland, Reserve Bank of NZ and Vodafone. Debbie has a law degree from the University of Auckland and a BA(Hons) from Harvard University. Debbie understands the importance of securing reliable and consistent sources of nutritious food and supplies to support communities and whanau because this was a key part of her voluntary work at the Auckland City Mission and at the University Lutheran homeless shelter that she led for four years in the USA.
ANGELA CALVER
CEO & Executive Director
KiwiHarvest
Angela, our CEO, brings a deep business knowledge having worked in Supply Chain, Operations and business consulting, mostly in the food industry before joining us. She is humbled and excited to join KiwiHarvest and looking forward to helping the team make a difference in the food rescue sector.
