Management
John Roberts
NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY DIRECTOR
John Robert’s joined the Veda Advantage group in February 2006 with a background that spans over 25 years of business and leadership experience.
John’s career embraces the communications and marketing sectors, and most recently, the financial industry in New Zealand and internationally.
John was a founding partner and Chairman of Rialto Advertising Limited, which during the 1990’s, was one of New Zealand’s most successful integrated communication companies. He then held CEO roles with Saatchi & Saatchi in New Zealand, and was CEO/Regional Director for Saatchi & Saatchi Asia Pacific, based in Singapore for a number of years.
Most recently, John was MasterCard International’s Vice President for International Card Services Limited, managing and developing MasterCard’s relationships with major financial organisations in New Zealand.
In addition to this, John is Chairman for The Centre for Applied Cross Cultural Research, a division of Victoria University, which has the mission of identifying cultural issues facing the New Zealand workforce. He is also an independent Director of leisure operator, Snowplanet Limited.