NZTM Board
New Zealand Thoroughbred Marketing
NZTM Board
8:39 AM Thursday Jun 10, 2010
New Zealand Thoroughbred Marketing's board has five members representing key industry stakeholders, and an independent chairman.
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Board of New Zealand Thoroughbred Marketing
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Bill Gianotti
Chairman
Bill, who is also chairman of the Auckland Racing Club and a board member of New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing, has a significant background in marketing.
In 1988 he founded AIM Direct, now AIM Proximity, New Zealand's largest and most awarded direct, database and relationship marketing agency. In 2003 Bill was honoured with induction to the New Zealand Marketing Hall Of Fame. He also served as president of the Direct Marketing Association for three years.
Bill and his wife Barbara are actively involved in breeding and racing, achieving notable success with the Group Two-winning mare, Rijeka, who now graces their farm at Karaka south of Auckland
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Petrea Vela
Representing New Zealand Bloodstock Ltd
A regular participant at NZTM Board meetings since joining New Zealand Bloodstock in 2003, Petrea was appointed director of NZTM in 2010.
Holding an LLB (Hons) degree from the London School of Economics, Petrea was a solicitor in England before returning to join her family business, New Zealand Bloodstock. There she is Co-Managing Director with Andrew Seabrook and is charged with the marketing and auctions sales functions of the company.
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Mark Chittick
Representing the NZTBA Studmasters Branch
Mark is the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders' Association Studmaster’s representative on the Board.
He is co-owner and General Manager at the internationally renowned Waikato Stud.
Mark has been involved in the thoroughbred industry for 26 years having grown up on Thornton Park Stud, initially in Masterton and then relocating to Palmerston North.
The Chittick family acquired Waikato Stud in 1994 and Mark has been integral in developing Waikato into Australasia’s leading family owned thoroughbred studs. Testament to his focus, commitment and drive is that over the past five years Waikato Stud has been duly crowned “Mercedes NZ Breeder Of The Year” four times.
Some of the highlights of Mark’s career is standing the champion Dewar awarding sire Centaine and recently the Centaine Award winner O’Reilly Mark has also enjoyed considerable success on the track as well with his Masterclass gelding Alf won the Sire Produce and more recently cheering on dual group one winners Legs and Daffodil.
Mark has represented the industry previously having served two terms on the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders Association of which is currently a member. He has represented Waikato in rugby union and is married to Lisa and they have 3 children.
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John Thompson
Representing the NZTBA
Joining the Board in 2009, John is the co-owner and Managing Director of Rich Hill Stud, an internationally renowned thoroughbred nursery located in the heart of the Waikato.
Graduating with a Degree in Agricultural Science from Massey University, John spent his early career days Dairy Farming, before following a family tradition into the Thoroughbred Breeding Industry.
John’ significant background within the industry includes overseas experience with time spent in stud farms around the world including Ireland, the UK and America.
John and his father Colin, a retired Matamata Veterinarian, bred New Zealand’s reining Horse of the Year Mufhasa, who is by the stud’s foundation sire Pentire.
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Brent Gillovic
Representing the NZTBA Studmasters Branch
Born into a racing family, Brent competed with success on the show circuit in his twenties, and rode trackwork for his grandfather, leading trainer the late Alex Cook, and internationally successful trainer Graeme Rogerson.
Brent currently holds a public trainer's licence and has a team of horses in work. He has managed Highview Stud since 1985 and joined the NZTM Board in August 2006.
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