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John Allen
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John Allen is the Chief Executive of the New Zealand Post Group having been
appointed to this role in May 2003.
As Chief Executive John leads a business with more than 17,000 people working
for it, operating in locations the length and breadth of not only New Zealand,
but also with employees in Australia and further afield. The business has
revenues in excess of $1 billion dollars, and has returned almost the
equivalent in dividends and taxes to the shareholder since becoming a State
Owned Enterprise in 1987.While at New Zealand Post, John has led a successful
diversification of the business which has seen the establishment of Kiwibank,
Express Couriers and Datamail, and seen a determined focus on the continued
development of the value of the letter for businesses to reach and attract
customers.
Prior to taking over the helm at the SOE, John held a number of senior
management roles within the business, including CEO of the Letters and
Enterprise Group from 2001 to 2003 and previously as leader of New Zealand
Post’s Postal Services Group where he was responsible for developing and
implementing the strategies which took the Company into a deregulated postal
market.
Before joining New Zealand Post in 1996, John was a Partner with the law firm,
Rudd, Watts & Stone.
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