Hunter Campbell would like to congratulate Gareth Edlin on his appointment as General Manager Finance and Administration at Whanganui Collegiate School.
At the school, Gareth is responsible for the effective management of the finance and administration functions. A key member of the leadership team, Gareth’s role encompasses business support activities including strategic business planning, risk management and mitigation, legal, finance, health and safety, human resources as well as property and facility maintenance.
Previously Gareth was Global Head of FP&A at cloud communications platform provider Whispir in Australia. He has also worked at organisations including eNett International, GSK and Kelkoo Ventures.
Whanganui Collegeiate School Headmaster Wayne Brown says: “We at Whanganui Collegiate School are excited to have a person of Gareth’s skills and experience join our staff and we welcome him home to Whanganui. As a key member of the Executive team, Gareth is a very clear, logical, calm and approachable thinker and communicator who is able to interpret and evaluate business critical information, design appropriate solutions for implementation and execute against agreed upon strategies to drive the financial performance of Whanganui Collegiate School now and into the future.”
Gareth says: “Having gained valuable experience from various industries across roles in Wellington, London and Melbourne over the last 18 years; I’m really looking forward to utilising and further enhancing those skills in my new role with Whanganui Collegiate School. Having been on board remotely now for just over a month, it has been a great introduction to a talented team and inviting community. I am really excited by the opportunity to contribute to progressing the wider finance and administration function in the future, setting things up for long term success.”
We wish Gareth all the best in his new position.
