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Organisational Structure

The Government restructured the Office of Tourism and Sport (OTSp) into a Ministry from 1 January 2002 in recognition of the importance of tourism to New Zealand's economy. The Ministry of Tourism has a clear mandate to focus on maximising the benefits to New Zealand from the sustainable development of the tourism industry.

The Ministry of Tourism is a Ministry within the Ministry of Economic Development (MED). The Ministry of Tourism provides independent policy advice to the Minister of Tourism and works closely with MED's policy branches.

The Ministry of Tourism is headed by a General Manager and has 26 full-time staff. Click on a name in the organisational chart to send an e-mail.

	Ray Salter General Manager
	Karn Bloomfield Executive Officer		Mary McLean Business Advisor
Policy	Events	Research	Crown Purchase & Ownership
Robyn Henderson Acting Policy Manager	Vito Lo Iacono Major Events Government Liaison	Bruce Bassett Research Manager
Ross Clapcott Chief Advisor	Karen McGregor Administration - Events	Mike Chan Senior Research Analyst	Steven Ferguson Crown Lands Consultant
Katherine Lowe Senior Policy Analyst	Lisa White Major Events Analyst	Markus Landvogt Senior Research Analyst
Simon Hughes Senior Policy Analyst	Jude Ellis Rugby World Cup	Susanne Becken Senior Research Analyst
Turei Reedy Senior Policy Analyst	Sian Robyns Rugby World Cup	Mark Miller Research Analyst - Web
Beth Goodwin Policy Analyst		Chrisana Archer Research Analyst
Martine Bastiaans Policy Analyst		Martin Svehla Research Analyst - Communications
Mark Walter Policy Analyst		Katrina Young Research Analyst
Liz Fenwick Policy Analyst		Fiona Macdonald Research Analyst
Angela Strahl Policy Analyst

The sport policy function of the Office of Tourism and Sport has been moved to Sport and Recreation New Zealand. This was one of the recommendations made by the Ministerial Taskforce on Sport, Fitness and Leisure (The Graham Report).