Our Staff
Profiles and details of the AIS academic staff can be found under their respective programme pages.
Below is a list of our management team and the student services marketing staff.
Executive Team
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Y. S. Hsieh
Chairman
BSc Military Academy Taiwan
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John Wood
CEO
BEng CYCU Taiwan
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Dr Julia Hennessy
President
PhD (AUT), MEd (Victoria), MMgt (Massey), PG Dip HSM (Massey), BA (Victoria), DipN (Wellington Polytechnic)
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Richard Smith
Deputy CEO / Academic Registrar
BA (Hons) Well
Email: richards@ais.ac.nz
Academic Directors
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Prof. Richard Goodall
Director for Business Administration
BEd Monash, BCom Melb, MEc Sydney, EdD Nevada, FCIS, AccMLEADR
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Terry Leotta
Director for English Language and Learning Support
BA, MA (Hons) Auck, CELTA, IDLTM
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Leigh Quadling-Miernik
Director for Business, Hospitality and Tourism
M.Ed (elearning), Dip.T.E.F.L.A, BSc, DipTeaching
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Dr Michael Watts
Academic Head of Information Technology Programmes
BSc (Hons), PhD Otago
Email: michaelw@ais.ac.nz
Academic Leaders
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Dr Adam Brown
Senior Lecturer
MA, Univ of Edinburgh, PhD, Univ of Edinburgh, Cert TEFL, Aston Univ
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Dr Semisi Taumoepeau
Academic Leader of Tourism Programmes / Director of Pasifika Studies and Relations
BSc Auck, CertTP Bradford, CertTM Hawai’I, MSc Surrey, DBA USC
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Zaina Theresa
Academic Leader, Hospitality Programmes
BSc, BHM, PGDipHA, MIHM (Hons.)
Student Services - Marketing
Our marketing staff are your first point of contact for information about AIS, our programmes, and how to apply, so please do not hesitate to contact our Student Services - Marketing officers on the telephone numbers and email addresses listed below:
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Stephen Johnson
Marketing Director
Phone: +64 9 815 3763
Phone: +64 21 414 811
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China
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Scarlett Li
Marketing Manager - China
Phone: +64 9 815 3761
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Weijun (David) Liu
Marketing Manager - China
Phone: +64 9 815 3778
Email: weijunl@ais.ac.nz
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Indian Sub-Continent
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Kimberly Chang
Marketing Manager - India and Subcontinent
Phone: +64 9 815 3776
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Mihir Gohil
Marketing Manager - India and Subcontinent
Phone: +64 9 815 3764
Email: mihirg@ais.ac.nz
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South East Asia/Middle East
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Djaja Kurniawan Kusno
Senior Marketing Executive
Phone: +64 9 815 3779
Email: djajak@ais.ac.nz
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Domestic/Pasifika
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Kasanita Holani
Marketing Executive
Phone: +64 9 815 1717 ext 846
Email: kasanitah@ais.ac.nz
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Japan
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Yu Morikawa
Marketing Manager - Japan
Phone: +64 9 815 1717 ext 842
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Nozomi Ito
Marketing Manager - Japan
Phone: +64 9 815 1717 ext 842
Email: japan@ais.ac.nz
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Korea
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Sue Park
Marketing Manager - Korea
Phone: +64 9 815 3777
Email: suep@ais.ac.nz
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Student Support
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Alarna Asher
Industry Placement Manager
Phone: +64 9 815 1717 ext. 821
Phone: +64 21 223 2847
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Ashley Brown Andersen
Student Support Manager
Phone: +64 9 815 1717 ext. 824
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Leah Guttenbiel
Homestay Coordinator
Phone: +64 9 815 1717 ext 638
Phone: +64 21 0849 7828
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Tamendi Pranish
Study Skills Advisor
MA TESOL (NZ), PGDipSLT (NZ), B. Ed (Language and Literature) (Fiji), DipTchg (Fiji), Cert TEFL (Sydney), Cert TESL
Phone: +64 9 815 1717 ext 841
Email: tamendip@ais.ac.nz
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