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our people
Pumpkin Patch believes family life and strong family values are integral to the wellbeing of our people and therefore our Company.
Family-friendly work policies encourage flexibility, adaptability and balance. People are rewarded for loyalty and long service,
and families with young children are supported with in-house crèche facilities or childcare subsidies.
Pumpkin Patch employs approximately 3,100 people.
Approximately 66% of Pumpkin Patch's staff work part time. When hiring staff Pumpkin Patch endeavours to identify
people who share its vision and who are passionate about kidswear and committed to meeting, and exceeding,
customers' expectations of excellent service.
One of Pumpkin Patch's core philosophies is integrity - within the Pumpkin Patch team, with suppliers, and towards customers.
This integrity is intended to create a platform of trust and commitment, and a foundation for all of Pumpkin Patch's business relationships.
Pumpkin Patch recognises that employee retention and succession planning are vital to a successful organisation. As such the Company
has always ensured that key employees with long service have been rewarded with equity interests in the Company and the Company has
established a number of employee share schemes which have allowed employees to share in our success.
The team at Pumpkin Patch has demonstrated its ability to grow the business over successive years. The design team has a consistent
history of producing exceptional ranges that are at the forefront of children's fashion.
Pumpkin Patch's strong management team has the expertise and capabilities to ensure that the complex apparel, design,
manufacture and retail business that is Pumpkin Patch will continue to grow.
The Pumpkin Patch Board of Directors has extensive retail, apparel and corporate experience which complements the skills
of the management team.
Directors and Senior Managers
A. Directors
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Greg Muir
Executive Chairman
MBA, BA
Greg Muir was appointed
Executive Chairman in February
2004. Prior to joining Pumpkin
Patch he was Chief Executive
Officer of The Warehouse Group
Ltd, and held senior management
roles with TNT Australia Pty Ltd,
Enerco New Zealand Ltd and
Lion Nathan Ltd. Greg is currently
chairman of Hanover Group Limited,
the Blues S14 Franchise and a
director of the Auckland Rugby Union.
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Maurice Prendergast
Chief Executive Officer
Maurice Prendergast has been
Managing Director of Pumpkin
Patch since 1993. Maurice has held
executive positions in accounting,
distribution and property
development in both New Zealand
and Australian companies.
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Chrissy Conyngham
Chrissy Conyngham
Group General Manager/Design Director
Chrissy Conyngham joined Pumpkin Patch as Design Director in 1993 responsible for bringing together comprehensive ranges and brand promotion. Chrissy still leads the Design team and in 2007 was appointed Group General Manager role leading the Executive team. Chrissy has 20 years of experience in the fashion industry.
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Jane Freeman
Independent Non-Executive Director, Bcom
Chairman of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee and member of the Audit, Compliance and Risk Management Committee
Jane has held senior marketing and management positions at Telecom's e-solutions, BankDirect, Clear Communications
and ASB Bank Ltd. Jane is currently a director of Air New Zealand Ltd, St George Bank New Zealand Ltd and Delegates Group Ltd.
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David Jackson
Independent Non-Executive Director
MCom(Hons), FICANZ
Chairman of the Audit, Compliance and Risk Management Committee and member of the Remuneration Committee
David was a Senior Audit Partner
with and former Chairman of Ernst &
Young. David is currently a director
of CanWest MediaWorks (NZ) Ltd
and The New Zealand Refining
Company Ltd, and a member of the
Securities Commission.
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Sally Synnott
Non-Executive Director;
Member of the Remuneration
and Nomination Committee and
the Audit, Compliance and Risk
Management Committee
Sally Synnott founded Pumpkin
Patch in 1990 and held an
executive role within the Company
until 1993. Since then Sally has
undertaken specialist assignments
for the company and has been a
non-executive Director.
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B. Senior Management
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Lyn Bryant
General Manager - Operations
Lyn joined Pumpkin Patch in 1994
as Customer Service Supervisor
and progressed through various
roles within the business until
beginning the role of GM
Operations in 2003. Her team
now includes distribution, imports
and exports, wholesale logistics,
inventory control, global supply
chain and third party logistics
warehouses in the UK, US, Australia
and Shanghai.
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Chris Cardwell
General Manager - Property
BPA, SNZPI, Reg. Valuer
Chris joined Pumpkin Patch in
2006 to head the Company’s
property division. Chris is
responsible for the property strategy
and all property functions including
construction, facilities management,
portfolio management and site
acquisitions globally. Chris has
extensive experience in the NZ,
UK and USA markets in leasing,
property development, construction
management and project finance.
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Neil Cowie
Chief Operating Officer
Neil joined Pumpkin Patch in January 2008 as Chief Operating Officer. Neil has a wide range of retail experience across various offshore markets, most recently as CEO of Michel's Group Australia and with Woolworth's Australia. Prior to Australia Neil was General Manager - Retail Operations for The Warehouse, New Zealand.
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Bronny Jacobsen
General Manager - Merchandise
Bronny joined Pumpkin Patch in 1997 as part of the buying/design team as a product manager, then as merchandise manager. She was appointed to the role of General Manager - Merchandise in 2007, with overall responsibility for the sourcing, buying, production and pricing of merchandise in all markets.
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Kate Tattersfield
General Manager - Marketing
BA
Kate joined Pumpkin Patch in 1998
as Creative Director and became
Marketing Manager in 2001. Kate
has over 14 years experience in
the marketing and graphic design
industries in both corporate and
freelance capacities.
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Zarina Thesing
General Manager - Information Technology
BCom
Zarina joined Pumpkin Patch in
2000 as an IT Development
Manager and was appointed
General Manager - IT in 2002.
Zarina has over 15 years
experience in the ICT industry.
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Rhonda Venning
General Manager - Merchandise Planning
Rhonda joined Pumpkin Patch in 1995 within our finance team and has held various positions within the company both in New Zealand and Australia . For the last 6 years she had been responsible for the Merchandise Planning division with responsibility for the planning, trading and managing of stock in all markets.
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Bruce Walkley
General Manager - Direct
BCom
Bruce joined Pumpkin Patch
in 1993 as Finance Director and
in 2000 was appointed General
Manager – United Kingdom.
In 2005 he was appointed
General Manager – Direct, with
responsibility for Direct Marketing,
Internet and Catalogue Sales.
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Matthew Washington
Chief Financial Officer/Company
Secretary
BCom, CA
Matthew joined Pumpkin Patch
in 2000 as Group Financial
Controller. Matthew has over
18 years of accounting and
commercial experience in
a variety of industry areas.
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