Joanna Smith
Joanna is an experienced Learning and Development professional and is the immediate past president of the New Zealand Association for Training and Development.
She is the Managing Director of Pukeko Learning Solutions, a Learning and Development agency serving clients across New Zealand and Australia. She has an MA in Linguistics and an adult learning qualification, and began her career as an academic, teaching English, training language teachers, and researching best practice in adult education.
She moved into corporate training in 2012, working initially as an in-house Training Manager before founding her own consultancy business.
Joanna is a skilled facilitator, having honed her skills in the classroom for over 12 years, and these days she enjoys sharing her knowledge and experience as a speaker at L&D and HR conferences in both New Zealand and Australia.
She and her team enjoy supporting a diverse range of clients from the government, corporate, charity, and education sectors. They provide the full range of L&D services, from strategic consulting right through to learning programme design, development and delivery.
