John Anderson was born in Wellington New Zealand, at the age of 22 he left New Zealand for the United Kingdom on a one year “Overseas Experience”. He returned some 20 years later with his wife Alison, four children and an international business – Contiki Holidays.
After a few months in London, John Anderson’s desire to see Europe was overwhelming but he had insufficient funds to achieve this. With just 25 pounds he found a way to not only see Europe, but start his own business.
He had built brand awareness of 92% in target markets, Contiki was operating in Europe, North America and Australasia, carrying 100,000 passengers annually.
John Anderson conceived the idea of ‘The Ellerslie Flower Show” which is now firmly established as the largest event of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. John traveled to London and met the “Chelsea Flower Show” organisation who assisted him with the development of the New Zealand show. He was the inaugural CEO with the event attracting over 100,000 visitors in its first year!
Determination to succeed, the belief in himself, his successes and failures; are key topic areas of John Anderson's presentations. His keynotes include some of extremely funny and sad anecdotes, all of which have a marked effect on the emotions of his audience.
Topics:
Blue Sky and Happy Landings
Entrepreneurship
Sales & Marketing
Leadership
Branding
Working as a team
Competition
Believing in yourself & staff
Quality & Service
Setting goals and achieving them
Uniqueness
Risk taking and challenges
International business |
