14/08/2017
Mr Grant Fuller Joins Ikana NZ as Director International Marketing
We are excited to share that Mr Grant Fuller has taken a new position with Ikana as our Director of International Marketing. As the title suggests Grant will be focusing on the opening of new countries and markets for our live shellfish products, particularly Greenshell Mussel and Blackfoot Paua, and particularly in South East Asia and North Asia. He will also play a key role in the further development of our China market, both existing cities as well as fledgling and new provinces.
Grant is a Kiwi lad from finest Canterbury stock out of Christchurch. He has represented Canterbury at senior level in hockey and at senior club level in cricket. He now resides in Wellington with wife Rebecca and their two lads Luke & Daniel, but he importantly remains a resolute one-eyed supporter of the Canterbury Crusaders. Grant has enjoyed an extensive career with NZTE that has included Trade Commissioner roles in Shanghai, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur (where Grant also had responsibility for Indonesia and Brunei). Grant also worked in Beijing in a business development role for 3 years, and recently lived and worked in Guangzhou for three years as well. We have had the pleasure of getting to know Grant over the last 18 months as he has helped to orientate and introduce us to China contacts as well as begin to improve our understanding of the many markets and channels within this vast country, as well as the pace of change that occurs there.
We are already greatly enjoying working with Grant and are appreciating his passion and belief in our product as well as his professionalism and humour. We look forward to introducing him to our customers over the coming weeks.