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8 February 2011

Rub shoulders with and learn from, Massey University’s most recently appointed Business Advisory Board member.

Christchurch to host a cutting-edge line-up of national and international business experts, giving the local business sector a much needed boost.

To be invited to sit on a business advisory board with the likes of the Chief Executive of Toyota New Zealand, Westpac New Zealand’s Corporate Affairs Director, Annah Stretton and the Director of Ancare Scientific is not only a great honour, but it speaks volumes about the experience and credibility of Christchurch based marketing expert, Lee Retimana.

Forward thinking Retimana has a passion for developing future generations of business leaders and thinkers. This passion combined with over 20 years experience in sales, business development and marketing has resulted in several prestigious and influential placements, including two in Canterbury.

In addition to her involvement with the Massey University – Business Advisory Board, Retimana also sits on the CPIT School of Business – Business Advisory Board and the Canterbury University - Customer Management Roundtable; where she rubs shoulders with decision makers from Trimble, Hamilton Jet, Frasers, Westpac, Wildsouth and Truescape, to name a few.

Canterbury businesses will have the opportunity to tap into Retimana’s wealth of knowledge at The Growing Business ‘More PROFIT’ Fun Day Out, which will be held in Christchurch on 3 March 2011. At this event Retimana will be sharing the keys to every successful marketing campaign in her presentation entitled ‘Harnessing the Power of Marketing’.

Retimana sincerely believes in challenging questionable marketing ideas and thinking with quality solutions. “Fresh thinking and an ethical approach are essential to growing your business” Retimana said. “Experience, conversation and clever promotion is a powerful combination that can yield any business good results when implemented correctly”.

Event organiser Karen Hamilton from 360 Degree Events believes that in the current economic climate, local businesses can’t afford to take the pressure off “now is the time to be strategic, to have fun in your business and to rediscover the passion that caused you to go into business in the first place” she said. “The industry experts selected to present at this event have a proven track-record for success and each one of the speakers has demonstrated a commitment to supporting the local business community.” Hamilton is so confident that attendees will benefit from participating in this event that they are offering attendees a 100% money back guarantee.

Retimana will be accompanied by an impressive line-up of speakers combining international knowledge with local experience to deliver a powerful set of fun, take-home, easy-to-implement systems that will improve the sales, marketing, customer service and profitability of any business. The focus of The Growing Business ‘More PROFIT’ Fun Day Out will be on interaction and sharing tools, tips and strategies on how to increase businesses profitability. Full details for the event are available at the website www.fundayout.co.nz

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