Jeff Sanders

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Jeff Sanders has experience as a senior manager and chief executive in the NGO sector, working in organisations focused on providing services that make a positive difference to people’s lives. These include IHC NZ, the Methodist Church, Relationships Aotearoa, and Barnardos NZ, from which he retired as Chief Executive in early 2019.

Through his career, Jeff has been connected to local community needs. This has given him a desire and ability to seek out systemic change and ensure excellent provision of services. He has strong relationships across the NGO and government sector, and he has built effective leadership teams in the organisations he has led.

Jeff has experience and understanding of how governance structures operate. He also has a strategic understanding of what is required when new programmes of work are implemented. He understands and is committed to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.