Barbara Walsh

New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) helps businesses address challenges they face in their international journey - from clarifying purpose to identifying the right business model; from understanding customer needs to improving operational efficiency; from brand and design to entering new markets.

Sector manager for Consumer Retail in the Middle East with responsibility for 40 priority client accounts and delivering on new export growth targets per annum

Supported the marketing manager with all aspects of promotion surrounding the Failte Ireland Dublin Horse Show

• Successfully conducted a review of clients’ needs in relation to changed legislation. • Engaged with clients to advise them of possible issues arising from changes in legislation. • Acted as broker between the solicitor, clients and their families to discuss a mutually satisfactory result.

Forged and maintained relationships with a diverse range of national and international clients; drafted press releases, diary notes, photograph captions, editorial content, advertorials and speech notes, managed photo-shoots. Instrumental in the planning, organisation and execution of a lobby campaign for a national interest group; achieving all of their goals.