Headquarters:
The Oasis Carbine Road, Mount Wellington, Auckland 1060
Year founded:
1936
Number of employees:
Approximately 1,000
Phone:
0800 262 226
Email:
nzl.coke@ccamatil.com
Website:
ccep.com/nz
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/coca-cola-europacific-partners
"We are constantly living by our core values: integrity, impact and teamwork"
Julie Giraldi,
CAAT Pension Plan
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Coca-Cola Europacific Partners New Zealand
Chris Litchfield
Managing Director,
New Zealand and Pacific
Clare Parkes
General Manager,
People and Culture
Heather McKissick
Executive Vice President
Community Impact, Marketing,
and Communications
Leadership
From stacking shelves as a university student in the early 1990s to leading a team of over 1,500 highly engaged employees across the Pacific region, Chris Litchfield is the first Kiwi to become the managing director of New Zealand and Fiji at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners. The culture and energy Chris has cultivated within the business has seen the New Zealand unit achieve year-on-year growth since 2015. During his leadership, Chris has overseen key business partnerships, enabling the company to achieve three consecutive years of being recognised as HRD’s Employer of Choice.
Managing Director, New Zealand and Pacific
Chris Litchfield
Clare Parkes, general manager of people and Culture at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners NZ, lives by the company’s values: keep it real, stand together, take the lead. Her focus is on creating a culture and environment where people can excel and feel valued for their achievements, bring their full selves to work and thrive in their work environment. Recently joining the CCEP NZ team, she brings 30 years of valuable experience and knowledge within the FMCG, retail, technology, manufacturing, and logistics industries. She has made a hugely positive impact, providing guidance and support on the company’s COVID-19 response and ongoing integration into CCEP while also being recognised as HRD’s Employer of Choice.
General Manager, People and Culture
Clare Parkes
Deeply involved in community affairs, Heather McKissick serves as executive vice president of UFCU, one of the most committed community organizations in central Texas. She leads credit union strategic relationship development, community engagement, social purpose, advocacy, and marketing. She also focuses on strengthening the UFCU brand and establishing collaborative opportunities for positive community impact. When Heather joined UFCU, she was already an experienced advocate and community leader after serving for years as a volunteer and then five years as CEO of Leadership Austin. She also holds a credit union development education certification through the National Credit Union Foundation.
Executive Vice President
Community Impact, Marketing, and Communications
Heather McKissick
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Rhonda Hall
Vice President
Human Resources and Organizational Development
Clare Parkes
General Manager,
People and Culture
Chris Litchfield
Managing Director,
New Zealand and Pacific
Leadership
Headquarters:
The Oasis Carbine Road, Mount Wellington, Auckland 1060
Year founded:
1936
Number of employees:
Approximately 1,000
Phone:
0800 262 226
Email:
nzl.coke@ccamatil.com
Website:
ccep.com/nz
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/coca-cola-
europacific-partners
From stacking shelves as a university student in the early 1990s to leading a team of over 1,500 highly engaged employees across the Pacific region, Chris Litchfield is the first Kiwi to become the managing director of New Zealand and Fiji at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners. The culture and energy Chris has cultivated within the business has seen the New Zealand unit achieve year-on-year growth since 2015. During his leadership, Chris has overseen key business partnerships, enabling the company to achieve three consecutive years of being recognised as HRD’s Employer of Choice.
Managing Director, New Zealand and Pacific
Chris Litchfield
Clare Parkes, general manager of people and Culture at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners NZ, lives by the company’s values: keep it real, stand together, take the lead. Her focus is on creating a culture and environment where people can excel and feel valued for their achievements, bring their full selves to work and thrive in their work environment. Recently joining the CCEP NZ team, she brings 30 years of valuable experience and knowledge within the FMCG, retail, technology, manufacturing, and logistics industries. She has made a hugely positive impact, providing guidance and support on the company’s COVID-19 response and ongoing integration into CCEP while also being recognised as HRD’s Employer of Choice.
General Manager, People and Culture
Clare Parkes
Rhonda Hall has over 25 years of experience leading human resource and organizational development teams through process and performance improvements. When joining UFCU, she said she found her calling and answered that call to become vice president of human resources and organizational development. Drawing from her experience in large organizations with 150,000 employees, she tailors the systems, processes, and performance levels for the culture and size appropriate to credit unions. With a keen focus on releasing human potential, she prides herself on teaching others to fish, mentoring and growing staff to realize their full potential.
Vice President
Human Resources and Organizational Development
Rhonda Hall
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For the second year running, Shielded Insurance Brokers has claimed the number-one spot among IB’s Top Brokerages. In 2020, it was record-setting growth that drove the company’s impressive success. This year, says managing director Stuart Brady, the key ingredient behind the win is the Shielded culture. Brady is proud of the shared vision for constant improvement across all aspects of the business. “We are thrilled to take out the win again, and it’s hats off to the team for their hard work over the past year,” he says.
“Now, we have much more frequent recognition awards because we want to celebrate people staying at CAAT and recognize the contributions that they bring to the organization”
Julie Giraldi,
CAAT Pension Plan
“We are constantly living by our core values: integrity, impact and teamwork”
Julie Giraldi,
CAAT Pension Plan
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Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
New Zealand
Cindy Martel
Vice President,
Finance
Clare Parkes
General Manager,
People and Culture
Chris Litchfield
Managing Director,
New Zealand and Pacific
Leadership
Headquarters:
The Oasis Carbine Road, Mount Wellington, Auckland 1060
Year founded:
1936
Number of employees:
Approximately 1,000
Phone:
0800 262 226
Email:
nzl.coke@ccamatil.com
Website:
ccep.com/nz
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/
coca-cola-europacific-partners
SPECIAL REPORT
Home
Bio
From stacking shelves as a university student in the early 1990s to leading a team of over 1,500 highly engaged employees across the Pacific region, Chris Litchfield is the first Kiwi to become the managing director of New Zealand and Fiji at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners. The culture and energy Chris has cultivated within the business has seen the New Zealand unit achieve year-on-year growth since 2015. During his leadership, Chris has overseen key business partnerships, enabling the company to achieve three consecutive years of being recognised as HRD’s Employer of Choice.
Managing Director, New Zealand and Pacific
Chris Litchfield
Clare Parkes, general manager of people and Culture at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners NZ, lives by the company’s values: keep it real, stand together, take the lead. Her focus is on creating a culture and environment where people can excel and feel valued for their achievements, bring their full selves to work and thrive in their work environment. Recently joining the CCEP NZ team, she brings 30 years of valuable experience and knowledge within the FMCG, retail, technology, manufacturing, and logistics industries. She has made a hugely positive impact, providing guidance and support on the company’s COVID-19 response and ongoing integration into CCEP while also being recognised as HRD’s Employer
of Choice.
General Manager, People and Culture
Clare Parkes
Rhonda Hall has over 25 years of experience leading human resource and organizational development teams through process and performance improvements. When joining UFCU, she said she found her calling and answered that call to become vice president of human resources and organizational development. Drawing from her experience in large organizations with 150,000 employees, she tailors the systems, processes, and performance levels for the culture and size appropriate to credit unions. With a keen focus on releasing human potential, she prides herself on teaching others to fish, mentoring and growing staff to realize their full potential.
Vice President
Human Resources and Organizational Development
Rhonda Hall
For the second year running, Shielded Insurance Brokers has claimed the number-one spot among IB’s Top Brokerages. In 2020, it was record-setting growth that drove the company’s impressive success. This year, says managing director Stuart Brady, the key ingredient behind the win is the Shielded culture. Brady is proud of the shared vision for constant improvement across all aspects of the business. “We are thrilled to take out the win again, and it’s hats off to the team for their hard work over the past year,” he says.
Rhonda Hall
Vice President
Human Resources and Organizational Development
Rhonda Hall has over 25 years of experience leading human resource and organizational development teams through process and performance improvements. When joining UFCU, she said she found her calling and answered that call to become vice president of human resources and organizational development. Drawing from her experience in large organizations with 150,000 employees, she tailors the systems, processes, and performance levels for the culture and size appropriate to credit unions. With a keen focus on releasing human potential, she prides herself on teaching others to fish, mentoring and growing staff to realize their full potential.
Vice President
Human Resources and Organizational Development
Rhonda Hall
Heather McKissick
Executive Vice President
Community Impact, Marketing, and Communications
Deeply involved in community affairs, Heather McKissick serves as executive vice president of UFCU, one of the most committed community organizations in central Texas. She leads credit union strategic relationship development, community engagement, social purpose, advocacy, and marketing. She also focuses on strengthening the UFCU brand and establishing collaborative opportunities for positive community impact. When Heather joined UFCU, she was already an experienced advocate and community leader after serving for years as a volunteer and then five years as CEO of Leadership Austin. She also holds a credit union development education certification through the National Credit Union Foundation.
Executive Vice President
Community Impact, Marketing, and Communications
Heather McKissick
Heather McKissick
Executive Vice President
Community Impact, Marketing, and Communications
Deeply involved in community affairs, Heather McKissick serves as executive vice president of UFCU, one of the most committed community organizations in central Texas. She leads credit union strategic relationship development, community engagement, social purpose, advocacy, and marketing. She also focuses on strengthening the UFCU brand and establishing collaborative opportunities for positive community impact. When Heather joined UFCU, she was already an experienced advocate and community leader after serving for years as a volunteer and then five years as CEO of Leadership Austin. She also holds a credit union development education certification through the National Credit Union Foundation.
Executive Vice President
Community Impact, Marketing, and Communications
Heather McKissick
Cindy Martel
Vice President, Finance
Cindy Martel earned her CMA (CPA) designation in 1995, and gained extensive experience while working in the private sector, fulfilling various leadership roles in the areas of finance and human resources. She joined the Fillmore Construction team in 2014 as controller and progressed into her current role as VP of finance in 2021.
Vice President, Finance
Cindy Martel
Cindy Martel
Vice President,
Finance
Cindy Martel earned her CMA (CPA) designation in 1995, and gained extensive experience while working in the private sector, fulfilling various leadership roles in the areas of finance and human resources. She joined the Fillmore Construction team in 2014 as controller and progressed into her current role as VP of finance in 2021.
Vice President, Finance
Cindy Martel
Rhonda Hall
Vice President
Human Resources and Organizational Development
Cindy Martel earned her CMA (CPA) designation in 1995, and gained extensive experience while working in the private sector, fulfilling various leadership roles in the areas of finance and human resources. She joined the Fillmore Construction team in 2014 as controller and progressed into her current role as VP of finance in 2021.
Vice President, Finance
Cindy Martel
With over 1,000 employees and 32 brands across the country, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners New Zealand (CCEP NZ) has a rich 100-year history of providing Kiwis with their favourite beverages. The company is home to some of the world’s most popular drinks, including Coca-Cola, Monster Energy and Schweppes, along with local New Zealand favourites like L&P, Pump and
Keri Juice.
CCEP NZ prepares, sells and distributes approximately 32 non-alcoholic beverage brands to over 17,000 customers, and was recognised as the ‘Best Bottler in the World’ by The Coca-Cola Company in 2020.
While 2021 brought a wave of new challenges to companies across the world, CCEP NZ says that its key focus has been on keeping employees safe and connected, and on supporting their development and overall wellbeing.
“2021 was another disruptive year, and a major focus was to keep our people safe, informed and engaged while many – especially in Auckland – were back to working from home and in a strict lockdown,” says Chris Litchfield, Managing Director of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, New Zealand and Pacific.
“We pivoted our offering, ensuring that we had a hybrid solution to communications and engagement, capturing those working from home as well as those still on-site.”
“Now, we have much more frequent recognition awards because we want to celebrate people staying at CAAT and recognize the contributions that they bring to the organization”
Julie Giraldi,
CAAT Pension Plan
Brent Fillmore
Founder
Cody Woolf
Director, Health, Safety and Environment
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President,
Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Fillmore Construction was founded by Brent Fillmore in 1991. He was looking to start his own small construction business and the opportunity presented itself with many repeat client relationships. Through lessons learned from 13 years of managing projects, developing business and holding various VP roles with his previous employer, Brent formulated his own approach to running his company. He knew that the key to success was based on relationships and bringing repeated value to them. He was dedicated to the idea that one does not need hundreds of clients and instead must focus on ensuring that a smaller pool of clients was given the best service possible. With over 40 years of construction management experience Brent has remarkable expertise in nearly every facet of the construction industry.
Founder
Brent Fillmore
Cody Woolf joined the Fillmore team in 2011 and holds the title director of health, safety and environment. He is a Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP). He also has extensive safety experience and background in criminal justice, which provides a depth of experience for the implementation of Fillmore Construction’s health and safety program. Cody is responsible for creating a positive and safe work environment and strives to promote safety as not only a policy but a lifestyle. He has initiated and implements a range of health, safety and environmental features that have been of critical importance to the overall safety objectives, operations, and profitability of Fillmore Construction. The results of his impact are evident in the positive statistical results and policies that have been developed since he joined the company and the emphasis on safety program development.
Director, Health, Safety and Environment
Cody Woolf
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation of the company’s internal customer service department.
Associate Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
Brent Fillmore
Cody Woolf
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Cody Woolf
Director, Health, Safety and Environment
Fillmore Construction was founded by Brent Fillmore in 1991. He was looking to start his own small construction business and the opportunity presented itself with many repeat client relationships. Through lessons learned from 13 years of managing projects, developing business and holding various VP roles with his previous employer, Brent formulated his own approach to running his company. He knew that the key to success was based on relationships and bringing repeated value to them. He was dedicated to the idea that one does not need hundreds of clients and instead must focus on ensuring that a smaller pool of clients was given the best service possible. With over 40 years of construction management experience Brent has remarkable expertise in nearly every facet of the construction industry.
Founder
Brent Fillmore
Cody Woolf joined the Fillmore team in 2011 and holds the title director of health, safety and environment. He is a Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP). He also has extensive safety experience and background in criminal justice, which provides a depth of experience for the implementation of Fillmore Construction’s health and safety program. Cody is responsible for creating a positive and safe work environment and strives to promote safety as not only a policy but a lifestyle. He has initiated and implements a range of health, safety and environmental features that have been of critical importance to the overall safety objectives, operations, and profitability of Fillmore Construction. The results of his impact are evident in the positive statistical results and policies that have been developed since he joined the company and the emphasis on safety program development.
Director, Health, Safety and Environment
Cody Woolf
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich
School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at
The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation of the company’s internal customer service department.
Associate Vice President, Leasing and
Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
Brent Fillmore
Founder
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Cody Woolf
Director, Health,
Safety and Environment
Sarah M Stewart
Associate
Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Fillmore Construction was founded by Brent Fillmore in 1991. He was looking to start his own small construction business and the opportunity presented itself with many repeat client relationships. Through lessons learned from 13 years of managing projects, developing business and holding various VP roles with his previous employer, Brent formulated his own approach to running his company. He knew that the key to success was based on relationships and bringing repeated value to them. He was dedicated to the idea that one does not need hundreds of clients and instead must focus on ensuring that a smaller pool of clients was given the best service possible. With over 40 years of construction management experience Brent has remarkable expertise in nearly every facet of the construction industry.
Founder
Brent Fillmore
Cody Woolf joined the Fillmore team in 2011 and holds the title director of health, safety and environment. He is a Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP). He also has extensive safety experience and background in criminal justice, which provides a depth of experience for the implementation of Fillmore Construction’s health and safety program. Cody is responsible for creating a positive and safe work environment and strives to promote safety as not only a policy but a lifestyle. He has initiated and implements a range of health, safety and environmental features that have been of critical importance to the overall safety objectives, operations, and profitability of Fillmore Construction. The results of his impact are evident in the positive statistical results and policies that have been developed since he joined the company and the emphasis on safety program development.
Director, Health, Safety and Environment
Cody Woolf
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the
Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years
of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation
of the company’s internal customer
service department.
Associate Vice President,
Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
Engagement with employees during the pandemic became a major focus in the second half of 2021, and the company participated in a number of collaborations with brand partners including Powerade’s Sophie Pascoe, Fiji Rum Co and L&P Fish’n’Chips. The company also ran a series of virtual events which included comedy shows, cocktail masterclasses, and an eight-week campaign to educate its people around COVID-19 vaccinations.
CCEP NZ also enhanced its flexible working policy to adapt to the changing needs of its workforce, and released its ‘work from anywhere’ guide in 2021.
“The guide is intended to support our employees with the information they need to keep themselves mentally and physically well when working from alternative locations,” says Clare Parkes, General Manager of People and Culture for Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, New Zealand and Pacific.
“The guide encourages people to make the most of working flexibility, and helps ensure that productivity and wellbeing is not impacted when working remotely. The view is to enable our people to support their lifestyle, and help them balance their career with other things in life,” she says.
CCEP NZ also recruited a Workplace Wellbeing Partner and a team of Wellbeing Ambassadors, all of whom were trained in Mental Health 101 to NZQA standard. These Wellbeing Partners offered a range of webinars a
nd podcasts on mental health and resilience, and employees also benefited from an Employee Assistance Program for free, external and
confidential counselling.
Looking ahead to 2022, the company aims to focus on the ongoing development of its team, and on promoting internally to senior management.
“In 2021, 25% of our hires were internal,” says Parkes. “We always focus on getting the best person for the role, and use a variety of channels to ensure our opportunities are easily seen by the best talent.”
This has contributed to CCEP NZ being considered the number one most attractive FMCG employer in New Zealand, according to Randstad Employment Brand Research 2020. The company’s HRD Employer of Choice award in 2022 marks the third consecutive year that CCEP NZ has received this prestigious award.
With over 1,000 employees and 32 brands across the country, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners New Zealand (CCEP NZ) has a rich 100-year history of providing Kiwis with their favourite beverages. The company is home to some of the world’s most popular drinks, including Coca-Cola, Monster Energy and Schweppes, along with local New Zealand favourites like L&P, Pump and Keri Juice.
CCEP NZ prepares, sells and distributes approximately 32 non-alcoholic beverage brands to over 17,000 customers, and was recognised as the ‘Best Bottler in the World’ by The Coca-Cola Company in 2020.
While 2021 brought a wave of new challenges to companies across the world, CCEP NZ says that its key focus has been on keeping employees safe and connected, and on supporting their development and overall wellbeing.
“2021 was another disruptive year, and a major focus was to keep our people safe, informed and engaged while many – especially in Auckland – were back to working from home and in a strict lockdown,” says a company spokesperson.
“We pivoted our offering, ensuring that we had a hybrid solution to communications and engagement, capturing those working from home as well as those still on-site.”
With over 1,000 employees and 32 brands across the country, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners New Zealand (CCEP NZ) has a rich 100-year history of providing Kiwis with their favourite beverages. The company is home to some of the world’s most popular drinks, including Coca-Cola, Monster Energy and Schweppes, along with local New Zealand favourites like L&P, Pump and
Keri Juice.
CCEP NZ prepares, sells and distributes approximately 32 non-alcoholic beverage brands to over 17,000 customers, and was recognised as the ‘Best Bottler in the World’ by The Coca-Cola Company in 2020.
While 2021 brought a wave of new challenges to companies across the world, CCEP NZ says that its key focus has been on keeping employees safe and connected,
and on supporting their development and overall wellbeing.
“2021 was another disruptive year, and a major focus was to keep our people safe, informed and engaged while many – especially in Auckland – were back to working from home and in a strict lockdown,” says a company spokesperson.
“We pivoted our offering, ensuring that we had a hybrid solution to communications and engagement, capturing those working from home as well as those still on-site.”