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Business Hub: Andrea Scown first female CEO of Mitre 10
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Aimee Shaw is a business reporter focusing on retail, small businessaimee.shaw@nzherald.co.nz@AceeyShaw
South Aucklander Andrea Scown is bucking the trend within the typically male-dominated hardware industry - appointed in March as the first female chief executive of DIY chain Mitre 10 New Zealand. And the mum of seven, now living in Auckland s Parnell, found herself immediately in the hot seat dealing with a severe structural building timber shortage after Carter Holt Harvey cut supplies because of accelerated house construction.
Scown joined the 84-store chain in 2017 and quickly made her desire to be the boss known. She hopes her appointment inspires the next generation of women.
New St Peter s College principal Margaret Leamy is an old girl of the school. “It s the [school] values that we grew up with. Now you re teaching you’re actually putting them into play. “Instilling those important values into current students is really important.” She wanted to develop a curriculum for all students and cater for diverse learners. “That s one key priority and the other one is just about continuing to grow our community, faith, culture and life – all the college things brought together in harmony.” She said the school was on the right track and she wanted it to continue to grow.