Neil Porteous – CEO Elevator Group
 Neil joined Workforce in 2010 after a successful career in the construction and telecommunications industries – laterally at Vodafone New Zealand where he was the HR Director and Chair of the Vodafone New Zealand Foundation. Neil is responsible for the overall performance of the Elevator Group (both Altus Enterprises and Elevator, the supported employment arm) and developing growth strategies to ensure the long term sustainability of the organisation. He is also a trustee of the EEO Trust.
Neil is married to Lisa and has two wonderful children aged 11 and 13. |
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Paul Stoneman – Manager – Altus Enterprises
 A qualified industrial electrician, Paul has over 30 years experience in senior operations management both in the UK and New Zealand. Paul has worked across a variety of industries including retail logistics (Postie Plus), road freight (Owens Transport) and distribution (Exide Batteries). Paul is responsible for the day to day management of the contract and client liaison. |
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Gill Mahony – Finance Manager
 A chartered accountant, Gill was the Corporate Finance Manager at APN New Zealand (the publisher of the NZ Herald) prior to starting at Workforce in 2009. Gill is responsible for our finance systems, reporting requirements for government contracts and governance issues associated with the incorporated society. |
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Roy Hilton - Training Manager
 Roy trained as a chef and spent the first 20 years of his career in the hospitality industry working in various restaurants and cafes throughout Auckland. He then spent a further 10 years as a hospitality tutor in a South Auckland PTE training people from the local community.
An opportunity to assist disabled Aucklanders into employment enabled him to have a career change and join the Elevator group in the supported employment division - assisting and supporting people in open employment.
Working with a group of 200 plus employees in Altus Enterprise division gives Roy the opportunity to continue working with and helping people to reach their full potential through ongoing training and development based on work and social skills.
As bit of petrol head Roy enjoys working on and racing his 1965 Mustang, strictly on the race track that is, along with attending Hot Rod shows and Speedway events throughout the summer months. Overseas travel also sees him attend international events and an opportunity to spend some more money on the car! |
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Pat Eldering – Personnel Manager
Pat started her career as a shorthand typist and in 1993 she successfully applied for the position of Welfare Officer for what was then the Auckland Sheltered Workshop & Training Centre . She was successful in getting the role and is now coming up 19 years with Altus.
Pat is a “westie” and travels to Mangere each day (friends think she is mad). Pat says “ I just love what I do, sharing in the highs and lows of our employees, been to a few twenty firsts, weddings, seen the new born babies, made hospital visits and been there for those that have sadly passed away”.
When not out on her husbands trike, Pat enjoys gardening, reading and catching up with family, which now includes great grandchildren (Ouch!) |
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Ray Yamasaki – Production Manager
Ray started his career with Workforce in 2005 as a machine setter at our Henderson facility. His commitment to our mission quickly saw him move into leadership roles in Henderson prior to being promoted to a Supervisor's role at the Manage site. He has subsequently moved into the Production Manager’s role where he is responsible for the day to day operations of the 5 units we run at Mangere. Through the supervisor's team , Ray is responsible for ensuring that the daily production targets are met and is also the assigned health and safety representative on the team. |
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Alistair Lloyd - Manager, Henderson
 Originally from South Africa Al moved to NZ in 2003 and worked as Production Supervisor, then Manager at Hurricane Wire Products before starting at Altus in January 2012 .
In South Africa he was employed as a Production Technician at BHP Billiton Bayside Aluminium Smelter. Al has also worked in Northern Australia as a Production Manager and an OSH Manager as well as being the volunteer Fire Chief for the area he lived in.
Outside of work Al loves to ride his motorbike and spend time with his new grandson. |
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Link Group
The Link group is a group of elected Altus employees who represent the interests of the wider team. The elections are held annually in November and the link group members serve on the group for a period of 12 months.
The group meets monthly with leadership team and raises any concerns that they or the wider team are having. It is an open forum where there is robust discussion about the future and how we can best meet the needs of our customers - there is always some great debate and often some great ideas come from the forum which are then implemented. |
