Last month, the AMS has grown with new people joining the team. Welcome to Tobin Blathwayt, Chief Financial Officer and Julie Halpin, Account Director - Government

Tobin Blathwayt, Chief Financial Officer

Tobin is a finance and management professional with 25 years' experience mainly with PricewaterhouseCoopers and General Electric in New Zealand, England and the United States in a number of senior general management, finance, quality and performance improvement roles.

A Chartered Accountant, Tobin also has extensive experience as a Chief Financial Officer, and more recently as Chief Operating Officer in listed and unlisted companies.

With an MBA specialising in strategy, Tobin has a deep understanding of business drivers in mature businesses; and recently completed a Master in Commerce and Entrepreneurship at Auckland University, which is providing a similar insight into earlier stage businesses.

Julie Halpin, Account Director - Government

Based in Wellington, Julie joins AMS from her extensive roles in management, sales, channels and operations, while working with clients and partners during many years at both IBM and Oracle.

In recent years, she has focused on Central Government and enjoyed collaborating with agencies on transformational and digital initiatives to both grow NZ and drive efficiencies and productivity in the public sector. 

In the role of Account Director, Julie will work together with AMS's government clients and partners to help deliver business efficiencies and a better employee and customer experience.

Joseph Yip, AMS Chief Executive, says “Julie’s impressive track record of collaboration and delivering within Central Government will be valued by our clients seeking trusted partners to help deliver business outcomes”