Mischa Mannix-Opie is seasoned leader with a wealth of experience spanning both international markets and New Zealand across the public and private sectors. She has extensive leadership experience in international market development, sales, marketing, and communication roles across. In her eight years with Tourism New Zealand, she held positions in North America, New Zealand and latterly she was the Regional Manager South and South-east Asia based in Singapore.
Following her time with Tourism New Zealand Mischa held the senior leadership position as Head of South and South-east Asia for Air New Zealand in Singapore where she was responsible for developing their market strategy for starting up services from Singapore and Ho Chi Minh City to New Zealand.
Currently, Mischa is the Executive Director for the New Zealand G2G programme, a joint venture between New Zealand Trade and Enterprise and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She supports New Zealand public and private sector organisations pursue business opportunities in international markets with foreign government entities.