Christine Coughlan Business Manager
T: 03 3793820
F: 03 372 3520
M: 027 6727705
E: ccoughlan@irrigationnz.co.nz
Canterbury based business development manager and former facilitator with Lincoln Resource Christine Coughlan was appointed to the new position of business manager with Irrigation NZ in June 2008.
Previous to her employment with INZ Christine’s career was in agriculture focused with long term contracts promoting the agricultural industry and more recently facilitating engagement between science organisations, science and industry and science and the community.
Christine believes building trust and developing relationships is essential in developing new and growing collaborative opportunities between research organisations with industry, government, local authorities and the wider community.
She has an in-depth understanding of the present and growing importance of water and irrigation to the agricultural industry and NZ's economy as a whole, together with a successful record in engaging community and industry by developing an interactive format to ensure good transfer of information.
Christine and husband Tom live on a lifestyle property with their four children at Tai Tapu (Central Canterbury).