INTERNATIONAL TREATY EXAMINATION OF THE REGIONAL COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP (RCEP) AGREEMENT 11 FEBRUARY 2021 - STEPHEN JACOBI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & FIONA COOPER, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Madam Chair, Members of the Committee Thank you for the opportunity to...
Speeches
Address to the 47th One Stop Update for the Accountant in Business
GLOBAL ECONOMIC UPDATE: TRENDS, SHIFTS AND IMPACTS ON NEW ZEALAND’S BUSINESS LANDSCAPE Christchurch & Wellington, October 2020 Stephen Jacobi, Executive Director, NZ International Business Forum & Jacobi Consulting Ltd It’s good to be with you again at this...
Remarks to Te Taumata Hui, Gisborne/Turanga
21 July 2020 Stephen Jacobi – Executive Director, NZ International Business Forum It’s great to be with you today and thanks to my friend Chris Karamea Insley for the kind invitation to join you. I feel a little out of place on a “government” panel, as I represent the...
Remarks to Waiheke Rotary Club
Monday 18 May 2020 Stephen Jacobi - Executive Director, NZ International Business Forum "Trade in the Time of Covid" This is not how I thought we would be meeting when my friend and colleague John Waugh earlier invited me to speak with you ! I’ve missed that leisurely...
“Positioning New Zealand In A Time Of Uncertainty”
ADDRESS TO THE SHEPHERDS WELLINGTON, 10 FEBRUARY 2020 STEPHEN JACOBI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NZ INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS FORUM My thanks to my friend and New Zealand’s new Special Agricultural Trade Envoy, Mel Poulton, for the invitation to join you this morning. Mel has...
ASEAN FORUM: Doing Business in ASEAN – Digital, Dynamic, Diverse
SMEs: Unlocking the Potential in ASEAN – and Beyond Remarks by Stephanie Honey, ABAC New Zealand and NZIBF Tuesday 17 September Good morning. My name is Stephanie Honey, and I’m here to tell you about the great potential for small Kiwi businesses in ASEAN – but also...
Remarks to the 46th Joint Meeting of the Japan NZ Business Council
“Current Situation and Outlook for NZ and Japan: CPTPP, RCEP and the Global Economy” Kashiwa, Chiba, 18 September 2019 Stephen Jacobi, Executive Director, NZ International Business Forum It is a pleasure to be with you in Kashiwa today and my warmest congratulations...
THE IMPORTANCE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT FOR GROWTH
Stephen Jacobi presented to the University of Auckland MBA programme on the importance of trade in the coming months, painting a sobering picture of the times we’re in.
Opportunity: Japan – 29 May 2019
Hosted by Baker Tilly Staples Rodway, NZTE, JETRO and ATEED CPTPP: A Big Deal Remarks by Stephanie Honey, Associate Director, NZIBF Ohayōgozaimasu, ata mārie, and good morning! Thank you for the opportunity to spend some time with you this morning looking at...
ANZLF speech – 2 May 2019
By Fiona Cooper, Director, ANZLF New Zealand NZIIA Hawkes Bay, 2nd May 2019 Thank you, Dick, for the kind introduction and for giving me the opportunity to talk to you all today. I am delighted to have this opportunity to talk to you about New Zealand’s...