Meet our Ambius New Zealand Team
Meet some of our team in the Pacific Region, who lead the design, sales, marketing and operations and support for Ambius in New Zealand.
Paul Ferguson, Business Manager Ambius Auckland
Paul Ferguson is the Business Manager of Ambius Pacific’s biggest branch – Auckland. This is also one of the busiest Ambius branches with a highly organized and efficient team covering a large geographical area in the North Island of New Zealand. Paul came to the Ambius business in 2010 with strong business experience in account management, staff development, training and coaching and in business development and management. He is currently studying part time for a Bachelor of Business degree at Massey University. He is married, and in what little spare time his has left, he enjoys sports, gardening and reading.
Graham Curgenven, South Island Business Manager, Ambius New Zealand
Graham Curgenven is the fearless leader and Business Manager for the Ambius South Island branch based in Christchurch, New Zealand. Graham has his work cut out for him, with clients covering the whole South Island from Invercargill all the way up to Nelson. Within the Ambius Pacific team he has a reputation as being a bit of a business guru, having previously run his own business consultancy service in New Zealand.
Originally from the UK, Graham moved to New Zealand many, many moons ago, firstly touching down in Auckland for a bit, then heading to the beautiful south. He is now well and truly an official Kiwi and lives in Christchurch with his son.
Tracy Stephen, Business Manager Wellington, New Zealand
Tracy Stephen is the Ambius Branch Manager based in Wellington. Tracy knows a thing or two about the Wellington branch, having been the Operations Manager there before being promoted to Branch Manager last year.
In her time with Ambius, Tracy has focused effectively on improving the service efficiencies and standards. Tracy originally comes from a fitness management background. This, together with her strong marketing, advertising and landscaping industry experience, makes for an awesome winning combination with a strong focus on our Ambius customers, who our paramount to our business.
Anne Briggs, Marketing and Communications Manager, Ambius Pacific
Anne is everything marketing and communications for Ambius Pacific – she is as busy as a bee and organizes everything from websites, newsletters, brochures, advertising, online promotions to special events and internal communications for the Ambius Indoor Plants team.
Always with a keen eye on what our customers want, Anne is focused on delivering a special mix of marketing for Ambius Indoor Plants. Anne believes Ambius’ strength is its people, who constantly deliver Legendary Service.
Anne’s career has included marketing and communication roles in various food and horticulture industries in Australia and the Pacific over the last fifteen years, including the Nursery and Garden Industry in Australia.
Anne is based out of the Ambius Indoor Plants Nursery in Alstonville and when not slaving away at her desktop, you’ll find her with her nose in a good book or frolicking in the surf at Byron Bay on the famous North Coast of NSW.
Rachael O’Keefe, National Design Manager, Ambius Pacific
Rachael is the resident Designer-Extraordinaire on staff at Ambius Indoor Plants with a background working as an Interior Designer and Decorator. In previous roles she has worked with Architects, Interior Designers and Specifiers and has been actively involved in the plant side with the Australian Nursery Industry. In her role as National Design Manager for Ambius Pacific, Rachael works closely with Architects and Interior Designers, incorporating indoor plants from the initial design phase of commercial projects of all sizes.
She has a keen eye for spotting emerging plantscaping trends and incorporating them into the Ambius Indoor Plants business mix and is constantly on the lookout for exciting new plants and indoor container styles from Australia and overseas. Rachael lives with her partner in Melbourne and has a baby boy who keeps her well and truly busy in her spare time.
Let’s not forget our Service Technicians…
Our service technicians deserve special praise
We feel lucky that we attract people who are passionate about caring for our customers. Then again, luck might not have anything to do with.
At Ambius Indoor Plants, firstly we start by employing people who are naturally caring, compassionate, fun, aware and engaging.
When it comes to our Ambius Indoor Plants service technicians, the people at the very heart of our business, we add a carefully designed development programme where they discover the ways of Legendary Service.
Then we give our people all the tools they need to deliver Legendary Service to our customers.
If you are a customer of Ambius Indoor Plants in New Zealand and you think your Ambius Indoor Plant Technician deserves special praise and recognition, tell us about what they do to delivery legendary service.