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
John Wood
Chairman
BEng CYCU Taiwan
Email: johnw@ais.ac.nz
Richard Smith
CEO / Academic Registrar
BA (Hons) Well
Email: richards@ais.ac.nz
Allen Hsieh
Director / Special Assistant to CEO
PGDipBus, MMgt
Email: allenh@ais.ac.nz
Dr Julia Hennessy
President
PhD (AUT), MEd (Victoria), MMgt (Massey), PG Dip HSM (Massey), BA (Victoria), DipN (Wellington Polytechnic)
Email: juliah@ais.ac.nz
Academic Directors
Prof. Richard Goodall
Director, Business Administration
BEd Monash, BCom Melb, MEc Sydney, EdD Nevada, FCIS, AccMLEADR
Email: richardg@ais.ac.nz
Terry Leotta
Director, English Language and Learning Support
BA, MA (Hons) Auck, CELTA, IDLTM
Email: terryl@ais.ac.nz
Leigh Quadling-Miernik
Director, Business, Tourism and Hospitality Programmes
M.Ed (elearning), Dip.T.E.F.L.A, BSc, DipTeaching
Email: leighq@ais.ac.nz
Dr Michael Watts
Academic Head of Information Technology Programmes
BSc (Hons), PhD Otago
Email: michaelw@ais.ac.nz
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:
Stephen Johnson
Marketing Director
Phone: +64 9 815 3763
Phone: +64 21 414 811
Email: stephenj@ais.ac.nz
China
Scarlett Li
Marketing Manager - China
Phone: +64 9 815 3761
Email: junyal@ais.ac.nz
Indian Sub-Continent
Kimberly Chang
Marketing Manager - India and Subcontinent
Phone: +64 9 815 3776
Email: kimberlyc@ais.ac.nz
Mihir Gohil
Marketing Manager - India and Subcontinent
Phone: +64 9 815 3764
Email: mihirg@ais.ac.nz
South East Asia/Middle East
Djaja Kurniawan Kusno
Senior Marketing Executive
Phone: +64 9 815 3779
Email: djajak@ais.ac.nz
Pasifika
Malia Uele
Marketing Executive
Phone: +64 9 815 1717 ext 846
Email: maliau@ais.ac.nz
South America and Russia
Karolina Cardenas
Market Manager - South America and Russia
Phone: +64 9 815 1717 ext 638
Email: karolinac@ais.ac.nz
Japan
Yu Morikawa
Marketing Manager - Japan
Phone: +64 9 815 1717 ext 842
Email: japan@ais.ac.nz
Nozomi Ito
Marketing Manager - Japan
Phone: +64 9 815 1717 ext 842
Email: japan@ais.ac.nz
Korea
Sue Park
Marketing Manager - Korea
Phone: +64 9 815 3777
Email: suep@ais.ac.nz
Domestic
Philip Bennett
Marketing Manager - Domestic
Phone: +64 9 815 3767
Email: philipb@ais.ac.nz
Student Support
Alarna Asher
Industry Placement Manager
Phone: +64 9 815 1717 ext. 821
Phone: +64 21 223 2847
Email: alarnaa@ais.ac.nz
Ashley Brown Andersen
Student Support Manager
Phone: +64 9 815 1717 ext. 824
Email: ashleyb@ais.ac.nz
Leah Guttenbiel
Student Careers Centre Supervisor
Phone: +64 9 815 1717 ext 838
Email: leahg@ais.ac.nz
Ngaire Leota
Homestay Coordinator
Phone: +64 9 815 1717 ext 632
Phone: +64 21 0849 7828
Email: homestay@ais.ac.nz
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
