Our Team at Business Training NZ
Meet Dallas Alexander, our General Manager and co-owner, who has been part of the team since 2016. Today, he’s responsible for day-to-day operations, strategic growth, and ensuring BTNZ remains a market leader in our field.
Dallas is passionate about consulting with clients to create high-impact, hands-on training solutions that deliver real-world results. He works closely with clients and oversees the development of our custom in-house training programmes.
Outside of work, Dallas is a competitive motorsport driver with championship wins to his name. He’s deeply involved in the racing community and spends much of his free time building, testing, and racing his car at circuits across the country. When he's not at the track, you'll likely find him out on Lake Taupō enjoying some well-earned downtime on the water.
Lynn emigrated from South Africa in 2011 with her family, and resides in Auckland. Lynn is a highly experienced business professional with a background as an Industrial Phsychologist along with 20 years experience in facilitation and learning and development.
As a dedicated and highly engaging facilitator, Lynn has worked with diverse groups of all ages, cultures, and levels from senior management teams in large corporate organisations to schools. Lynn has a passion for empowering teams to develop their skills to function at their best. She has a proven track record of success in delivering our public courses and our tailor made in house programmes.
Lynn believes in delivering training that has practical and tangible models and mechanisms that participants can implement immediately. Being beneficial not only to their professional but also their personal lives and delivering maximum results when applied. With techniques that are anchored in a memorable manner so participants can take what is applicable to them, enabling them to change from functioning normally to functioning optimally.
Meet Gerry Hassan, one of the most experienced facilitators in the country! Gerry's work with BTNZ spans back to 2007, he has since worked with thousands of participants. With a background in the retail industry, where he successfully established and managed his own stores, Gerry made a career transition to become a dedicated trainer and facilitator after selling his business.
Since then, he has delivered BTNZ training programmes for a wide and diverse group of clients in the areas of management and leadership, customer service excellence, communication strategies, time management, conflict resolution and sales skills.
Gerry brings a dynamic, enthusiastic, fun and passionate approach to his facilitation, having delivered hundreds of workshops, imparting his wealth of knowledge and expereince.
Meet Brett Gordon, our Wellington based Facilitator/Trainer.
Brett brings a substantial track record of Learning and Development experience, having worked in both facilitation and course development. Brett’s interesting career spans from banking and finance, to intelligence and police. His diverse background gives him a unique ability to relate and gain trust from learners of all backgrounds.
Brett has a genuine passion for facilitation, explaining his why: “I want to help learners become the best version of themselves through facilitation, I love contributing to this through politely challenging people into new ways of thinking. It’s so rewarding seeing a participant have their ‘light bulb moment’, when something clearly resonates with them!”
In his spare time, Brett is a regular golfer; he frequently reports back to the team on a successful round, or what he defines as a ‘Character Building session’ he also spends time relaxing at his Kapiti beach house with his wife.
Meet Renee Evans, our Training Coordinator who has been with BTNZ since 2014. Renee is a whizz at keeping things moving and in order, managing all administrative, logistical, and organisational aspects of the company. With a Bachelor's degree in Product Development from Massey University, Renee brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the role.
When she's not at work, Renee loves spending time with her two teenage children, supporting them in their school and sporting interests. She is also a passionate gardener and loves to spend weekends tending to her garden. Her favourite crops are passionfruit and blackberries during the summer months, and yams and leeks during winter.
Renee is a dog lover and has grown up with dogs her entire life. She currently has an eight year old labrador who loves early morning walks, eating and hiding the family's shoes!
Say hello to Stevie Ayling, our Business Development Consultant who takes care of the training needs of our clients in the Auckland and Waikato regions. Stevie joined our team in early 2023 and she has been making an impact ever since.
Originally from Rotorua, Stevie moved to Palmerston North in 2023 with her two young boys, aged 2 and 4. With a background in healthcare and retail, Stevie graduated from a Bachelor of Nursing program in 2019. While Stevie enjoyed her nursing career, she was looking for something new and exciting that would allow her to maintain a healthy work-life balance, which is what led her to join our team.
Stevie is passionate about people, which is evident in the way she looks after our clients and their training needs. In her spare time, Stevie enjoys spending time with her family and friends and her furry companion, Baz!
Kylie joined the BTNZ team in early 2024 as the Business Development Consultant for the Hawke's Bay and Christchurch regions. Kylie is people focussed and she prides herself on building lasting relationships with her clients, exceeding their expectations and supporting them to make informed decisions.
Since moving to New Zealand from the UK in 2008 Kylie has worked in the dog grooming industry. In her spare time Kylie loves to adventure with her 2 children and spend time with her 3 pups, competing in dog agility and other sports with her two terriers Zoom and Quiz.
We are thrilled to welcome Joanne Chalcraft to our team as our newest Business Development Consultant, supporting clients in Palmerston North and Wellington. Originally from the UK, Joanne brings a wealth of experience in customer service, having honed her skills with Mercedes, where she developed a reputation for building strong client relationships and delivering exceptional service.
When Joanne is not connecting with clients, she enjoys exploring New Zealand on long walks, baking up a storm, and spending quality time with her husband and family. Her passion for people and dedication to excellence make her a fantastic addition to our team.
Suzy is the founder of BTNZ and remains actively involved in shaping our course content and development. With over 25 years of experience in leadership development and soft skills training across the USA, England, Australia, and New Zealand, Suzy brings a wealth of insight and practical knowledge to everything we do.
Her career has spanned roles in Marketing, Sales, Training, and Leadership Development from the shop floor through to senior leadership, giving her firsthand experience of the challenges and dynamics that leaders face at every level of business and of what works in today’s fast-paced and competitive business environment.
Suzy established BTNZ in the late 2000s after recognising a clear need for practical, hands-on leadership development solutions. Since then, the company has grown into a market leader in the field. While she’s stepped back from the day-to-day running of the business, Suzy remains deeply involved in shaping our content, ensuring it’s not only relevant, engaging, and future-focused, but also industry-leading and consistently ahead of the curve.
