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Caroline Ah Chong-Douglas
General Manager, Sales & Marketing
SkyCity Entertainment Group
Panellist
Caroline Ah Chong-Douglas
General Manager, Sales & Marketing
SkyCity Entertainment Group
Panellist
Clive Ormerod
Chief Executive Officer
AS Colour
Panellist
About Clive
Now at one of New Zealand’s most well known apparel brands and a global player in the premium blank apparel space with operations globally, Clive, the former CEO of Les Mills International, is a seasoned executive with over 20 years of experience in general management, sales, and marketing across Europe, the USA and Asia Pacific.
Caroline Rainsford
Country Director
Google New Zealand
Panellist
About Caroline
Caroline assumed the role of Country Director for Google New Zealand in 2017, and in this role she is responsible for driving Google’s overall business operation and is focussed on helping NZ businesses grow and transform in the digital age.
Prior to joining Google, Caroline served as Marketing and Product Director for Latitude NZ (previously GE Capital) as well as Brand Director for their broader AU/NZ region. Before her return to New Zealand in 2013, Caroline worked as the Regional Marketing Director for Philips Royal Electronics across the Middle East, Turkey and Africa.
When she's not helping customers, Caroline spends her time chasing two young children around the parks and beaches of Auckland. She also loves tennis and is an enthusiastic skier.
Caroline Ah Chong-Douglas
General Manager, Sales & Marketing
SkyCity Entertainment Group
Panellist
About Caroline
Caroline Ah Chong-Douglas is a senior sales and marketing executive with a proven track record of driving commercial performance and with a passion for customer experience, cultural leadership, and brand strategy. In her role as General Manager of Sales & Marketing at SkyCity Entertainment Group, Caroline oversees a complex portfolio including luxury hotels, premier dining venues, major attractions, and casino operations.
Born and raised in Samoa, Caroline’s leadership journey began early when she captained the Samoa national netball team. That experience shaped her lifelong approach to leadership: team-first, values-driven, and performance-focused.
Caroline is a proud graduate of the BEST Pasifika Leadership Programme and is an active advocate for the development of Pasifika talent in the corporate sector. Her commitment to mentoring and representation is reflected not just in her professional work but in how she leads teams and contributes to her community.
Outside of work, Caroline comes from a proudly sports-mad family and is married to Brendan Douglas — a respected rugby league coach and mentor. Together, they are raising two beautiful children, Noah and Sinalei, and share their home with Jeff, their beloved chocolate Labrador who keeps them all on their toes.
Dominic Quin
Group General Manager - Marketing & Media
Foodstuffs New Zealand
Panellist
About Dominic
Dom joined Foodstuffs New Zealand in 2018 as the Group General Manager for Foodstuffs Marketing & Media. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing marketing and media operations, including brand strategy, banner marketing and communications for some of New Zealand's largest brands such as Four Square, New World and PAK'nSAVE. The breadth of his role and team also extends to areas including customer engagement (including loyalty programs and payments), customer insights and intelligence, and retail media ( Foodstuffs Precision Media).
With a strong passion for customer-focused business strategies, Dom excels at generating a deep understanding of consumer behaviours and translating these insights into long-term business success. He is committed to integrating the customer's voice into strategic decision-making and has extensive experience leading successful business transformation initiatives. With a natural affinity for consumer needs and their impact on sustainable performance, Dom is a champion of embedding customer insights into business strategy, driving impactful turnaround strategies along the way.
In 2025, Dom was honoured with the Southern Cross True North Award in recognition of his exceptional leadership. The award celebrates his dedication to fostering his team’s health and wellbeing through motivational leadership, as well as his ability to cultivate a high-performance, resilient workplace culture that drives outstanding results.
Dom holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Agricultural and Food Marketing and a Postgraduate Diploma from the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
Tony Gardner
Managing Director
Archetype Leadership
Panel Moderator
About Tony
Tony works with private and public organisations to grow their leaders and teams. He develops leaders by growing their leadership skills and their ability to lead people in authentic, influential ways. He coaches teams to high-performance by developing their collective skills, behaviours, and processes.
Tony draws on global research, proven processes, tools and skills, and over 20 years personal senior leadership experience in New Zealand and APAC including General Manager, Chief Executive and governance roles.
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