New Zealand Institute of Management has appointed Fiona Hewitt its new chief executive.  Ms Hewitt has a 20 year career in senior management working for high profile New Zealand travel, insurance, entertainment, non-profit, sporting and human behaviour organisations.

“Ms Hewitt's strategy, business development, marketing, relationship development and stakeholder management skills make her the ideal chief executive to lead NZIM,” said Mr Coward.  “Fiona’s commitment to delivering strong performance results will also strengthen NZIM's place in the very competitive executive development market.”

Ms Hewitt is a member of Touch Rugby’s New Zealand board, was previously CEO of Netball Waitakere and was general manager of the BAU division of insurance company Stream Group and general manager at Ticketmaster. She was most recently a consultant with the consulting agency, Blacksmith.