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new FANZ Board, NEW INITIATIVES
by Simon Lord, last updated on 29th July 2011
July 2011- Three new board members and two new initiatives from the Franchise Association
Three new members have been elected to the board of the Franchise Association. They are:
- David Foster – lawyer (Harris Tate)
- Stephen Mansfield – master franchisee (Quest Serviced Apartments)
- Ian Robertson – franchisor (Paper Plus)
They join the four returning members, Estelle Logan of V.I.P. Home Services, Paul Brown of Paramount Services, Graeme Henderson of Meticulous Home Services and Quinovic Property Management and Laurel McCulloch of Link Franchise. The new board of seven now comprises two franchisors of NZ-based systems, three master franchisors/franchisees of Australian systems, one lawyer and one business broker. The election results were announced at the AGM of the Association on 24 July, following the National Franchise Conference in Rotorua. Read more about the candidates.
The retiring Board members are Daniel Cloete of Westpac, Brem Ellingham of Fastway Couriers and Win Robinson of Franchize Consultants. Between them Brem and Win served on the FANZ Board for a remarkable 24 years, with Win having been chairman for 2 years. Outgoing FANZ Chairman Estelle Logan made particular mention of the valuable resource that ex-chairs represented with their experience and knowledge of lessons learned behind the scenes. A new Chairman for the Association will be elected by the Board in August. The Franchise Association is also to take on the role of providing the secretariat for the World Franchise Council for the next two years.
Accreditation of Affiliate Members
Estelle Logan also announced two new initiatives at the AGM. The first is the introduction of an accreditation process for affiliate members in each of five different categories: franchise development consultants; legal; accounting; brokers; and others. Draft criteria have been developed in each of the categories and will shortly be circulated to members for comment. The criteria will represent a first step towards the development of a Qualified Franchise Professional status for affiliates and, among other things, will require affiliates to produce three testimonials from systems they have worked with and have a nominated individual attend at least three FANZ functions each year including the annual conference. Where an affiliate cannot fully meet the requirements, they may be accredited as a provisional member. A similar accreditation scheme is already in place in other countries, including a rigorous one developed by the British Franchise Association.
Franchising Hall of Fame
The second initiative is the launch of a Franchising Hall of Fame to recognise those who have contributed to the development and growth of franchising in New Zealand. The Association has also developed criteria to award more Lifetime Memberships – currently, only Colin Taylor (founder of Stirling Sports) and Bill McGowan (founder of Fastway Couriers) have received this honour.
The Hall of Fame concept is well-established overseas and provides a showcase for major achievers in the franchise sector and a ready-made gallery of business heroes for media, politicians and the next generation of franchisors to reference. Inclusion is not limited to FANZ members, opening the way for pioneers of franchising in New Zealand such as the late Wally Morris and Gary Lloydd of McDonald's and Phillip Mills of Les Mills International to be included.
Who would you nominate? Rodney Wayne? Colin Taylor? Bill McGowan? David & Laurel McCulloch of Arano Juice? Use the comments feature below or email us to tell us who you'd like to see included and why.
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What about Pat Everest? He was the first bank manager ever to specialise in franchising in NZ abd did more than anyone to help people get into franchising especially franchisers
ReplyAll the names above are franchisers - what about all the other people, the lawyers and accountants and so on who helped franchising take off in NZ? Franchisers would be nowehere without them.
ReplyThat's a very good question - have had a look back and I cannot remember the name of the founder, though I met him several times in the early days of the magazine. He was a regular attender at franchise meetings. Anyone else remember?
ReplyThe first NZ fast food franchise I remember was Uncles - anyone else remember them? Who was the guy behind that?
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