![Contagion-Logo-Colour Gradient[98]](https://marketing.org.nz/hs-fs/hubfs/Contagion-Logo-Colour%20Gradient%5B98%5D.png?width=400&height=98&name=Contagion-Logo-Colour%20Gradient%5B98%5D.png "Contagion-Logo-Colour Gradient[98]"){kind=logo}
Event
Waikato Networking Event October
Join us for an exclusive presentation celebrating 50 years of iconic Kiwi advertising campaigns. Plus, networking over drinks and nibbles!
Learn more
Event
Exclusive Student Event Auckland | October 2025
You’ve learned the theory in the classroom, now it’s time to see what marketing really looks like in the industry.We know how hard it can be to figure out what different roles involve, or where you might fit once you graduate. Marketing isn't linear, and there's so many areas you can specialise in. That’s why we’ve created an event to give you the inside scoop straight from people who’ve been where you are now.
Learn more.png)
Event
Monthly Marketing Meetup | October
Join us at the MA for an evening of networking and discussion!
Learn more.png)
Event
Monthly Marketing Meetup | October | LIVE
Join us ONLINE for our Monthly Marketing Meetup
Learn moreMeet the Speakers
.png)
.png)
Campbell Hodgetts
Executive Manager, Corporate Affairs and Sustainability
Suncorp New Zealand
Campbell Hodgetts
Executive Manager, Corporate Affairs and Sustainability
Suncorp New Zealand
Sean Wiggans
General Manager, Marketing
Turners Auto Retail
Sean is the GM of Marketing at Turners Auto Retail. Over the course of his career he’s worked across a variety of industries from FMCG to Finance. He’s passionate about the power of marketing as a growth engine for businesses and how company culture can supercharge this through customer experience.
Natalie Grainger
Senior Brand Manager
Turners Auto Retail
Natalie specialises in brand and digital strategy, with more than 15 years’ experience across automotive and retail. She’s passionate about her work on the award-winning ‘Tina from Turners’ campaign — one of New Zealand’s most loved ads — and combines strategic creativity with a clear focus on business outcomes. In her current role, she leads brand execution, customer experience, and data-driven marketing across multiple channels. As the project lead for the Turners and Make-A-Wish partnership, she is exploring the broader value of purpose-led partnerships — how they can strengthen internal culture, improve team engagement, and enhance how teams connect, all while giving back to a great cause.
Olivia Kember
Communications & Partnerships Manager
L’Oréal Dermatological Beauty Brands
Olivia Kember is the Communications and Partnerships Manager for L’Oréal Dermatological Beauty brands, New Zealand. Olivia has over 11 years experience in brand events, content partnerships and public relations and recently spent five years in London working for leading publishing company Conde Nast, executing global content campaigns for Vogue and GQ magazines.
With a keen interest in beauty, Olivia is passionate about the life-changing impact L’Oréal’s dermatological brands can have on quality of life, particularly for those suffering with skin issues. Olivia’s current role sees her managing all local public relations, events and consumer activations for leading skincare brands La Roche-Posay and CeraVe and she is most proud of the team’s meaningful work, together with Melanoma New Zealand, on educating consumers on skin cancer education and prevention.
Rebecca Bensemann
Charity Event Specialist
Suncorp New Zealand (Spirit to Cure NZ)
Rebecca Bensemann is a Charity Event Specialist at Suncorp New Zealand, where she turns big ideas and spreadsheets into unforgettable fundraising experiences. With a background in sponsorship engagement and a past life as Fundraising & Event Manager at the Manawatu Cancer Society, Rebecca knows how to charm sponsors, rally communities, and juggle a million moving parts – all before lunch.
Known for being resourceful, organised and allergic to wasted time, she brings both heart and hustle to every event she leads. If there’s a way to make logistics fun and fundraising feel personal, Rebecca will find it (and colour-code it).
Campbell Hodgetts
Executive Manager, Corporate Affairs and Sustainability
Suncorp New Zealand
Campbell Hodgetts is Executive Manager – Corporate Affairs and Sustainability at Suncorp New Zealand, leading the organisation’s communications, government relations, marketing, and sustainability functions. He previously held senior roles at Kiwi Property, Fonterra and Unilever, working across New Zealand, London and Singapore. With deep expertise in corporate affairs and brand strategy, Campbell is passionate about building trust, driving commercial outcomes, and helping organisations lead on the issues that matter.
Series Partner
Wine Partner
Beverage Partners
.svg "MA-Logo (1)")