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Mr Lamers spent a decade in the tourism industry. He did some financial reporting and public relations work, and then moved into management roles. He became increasingly fascinated by what people were talking about: about being in business and running a business. "It probably was more about the reporting than the doing - I got more interested in the doing," he said. But, after a while, he realised journalism was unlikely to be a long-term career for him. His first job in media was at Canterbury Television, then owned by TVNZ. Generally, Australian-owned businesses were "a bit tougher" than their New Zealand counterparts, and he found it easier because of his journalism background, he said. Prior to joining MTF Finance, Mr Lamers spent five years working for an Australian-owned company. He said leadership was often described as being able to paint a picture of the future that people wanted to follow, and that was what a journalist did - painting a picture. The newsroom was a tough environment, pressure was intense and there was no room to not deal with conflict.
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Journalism taught him some important skills, including how to digest a lot of information quickly and turn it into meaningful messages.įeedback was fast and the young journalist learnt fast. Studying English literature and Russian politics - "really useful stuff," he quipped - was a pathway to apply for the post-doctorate journalism course at the University of Canterbury. He talks to Business editor Sally Rae about his mission to help change the way people view finance.Īll things being equal, Chris Lamers should still be a notepad-wielding journalist.įor growing up in Hamilton, that was all he wanted to do. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSONChris Lamers recently started as chief executive of long-established Dunedin-based company MTF Finance. MTF Finance chief executive Chris Lamers in the company’s head office in Great King St, Dunedin.