Scott Ambridge
Chief Executive | Tumu Whakarae.
Scott joined us in 2024 April from Health New Zealand Capital Coast and Hutt Valley District where he was the Acting Executive Director Mental Health, Addiction and Intellectual Disability Services (MHAIDS).
Scott has strong partnerships that drive strategy and a leadership style that brings an organisation together to achieve success. Scott has a long history serving the health and disability sectors he held senior roles within the MidCentral and three lower north island districts - Capital and Coast, Hutt Valley and Wairarapa for Te Whatu Ora | Health New Zealand, and leading earlier iterations of Enable New Zealand up until 2019.
Blair Magnusson
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Chief Technology Officer | Kaiwhakahaere matua – Hangarau me te Auahatanga
Blair joined the Enable New Zealand leadership team as GM Innovation and Technology in May 2023. Through over a dozen years working in various senior IT roles spanning not-for-profit, public, and private sector, Blair has taken teams from ‘IT’ to something more. He has a wealth of knowledge and experience in all facets of technology, and brings with him a highly-developed strategic mindset.
Blair is focused on developing the Innovation and Technology team into a thought leadership powerhouse, supported by strong frameworks and business partnership.
Shane Andrews
Chief Experience and Engagement Officer | Kaiwhakahaere matua – Wheako Kiritaki
Shane joined Enable New Zealand as our General Manager of Customer Experience in June 2024. Over the course of a decade, his career has included various marketing and customer experience senior leadership positions across a range of industries in the private sector, spanning finance and multi-faceted agencies. He brings a customer-centric approach to system thinking.
Shane is focused on imbuing Customer Experience thinking throughout Enable New Zealand to ensure our customers, communities, and partners alike experience positive interactions and easy to use services.
Jane Wenman
Chief Operations Officer | Kaiwhakahaere matua – Mahi Pakihi
Jane became part of the Enable New Zealand team in December 2024. She is an experienced leader who has worked across the not-for-profit, public and private sectors.
With experience spanning across finance, operations and human resources, both strategic and operational leadership and delivery, Jane brings a proven ability to lead organisations to achieve operational excellence. She is a strategic thinker, brings a strong relational leadership approach and has a proven ability to navigate change to deliver a positive impact.
Finance and Corporate Services
David Basire - Finance Manager (Acting Capacity)