I’m in my third term as deputy chair of the Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board and have volunteered and worked in the community sector for nearly twenty years. I’m a Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors and have co-chaired a Local Government NZ advisory committee.
I have a Ministerial appointment to the Board of Trustees of Haeata Community Campus, and the Christchurch City Council has appointed me to governance roles with Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust and the Pest Free Banks Peninsula Project Oversight Group. I’ve been a trustee with the Papanui Baptist Freedom Trust and Casebrook Intermediate School, and have chaired the board of a national charity.
At Ōtautahi’s youth one-stop shop I was responsible for leading a youth employment programme, and I now lead the school attendance service for east & central Christcurch, based in Papanui at a youth and community development organisation.
Previously I had an extensive career in the international technology sector, earning a tertiary qualification in engineering and a Graduate Certificate in Business Administration along the way.
In my spare time, I run community news site Think Papanui, increasing community connectedness and raising awareness of, and engagement with, the activities of local government.
Please contact me if there is anything you would like to ask or discuss.
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Simon Britten 