Wed 28 Mar 2012 In: New Zealand Daily News View at Wayback View at NDHA
Nick Laing The new General Manager of Operations at the NZ AIDS Foundation is an experienced manager with experience in sexual health, health promotion and social work. The Foundation has just announced that Nick Laing has been appointed to the newly-created and hugely influential role and will start work on April 30th. Originally a social worker by training, Laing has worked in management roles within the Auckland District Health Board for the last seven years. "He has worked in operations management for Auckland Sexual Health, Clinical Education and Health Promotion as well as the Auckland Regional Pain Service," the NZAF says. “We had a number of high calibre candidates but Nick stood out as having the skills and appropriate management style for the GM role," says NZAF Executive Director Shaun Robinson. "He’s very committed to both the health services and HIV prevention side of the NZAF’s mission and his understanding and knowledge of sexual health services is an added bonus that the NZAF will benefit from.” Laing is said to be well connected to the Auckland gay communities and is currently a member of the Auckland Pride Steering Committee which is working with the glbt communities and the Auckland City Council to steer into place an annual festival glbti life and cultures. The new GM role was created when two high-level NZAF managers of the organisation's support and prevention divisions resigned late last year and it combines the management of both areas of the NZAF's activites. You can discuss this New Zealand gay community news story in the GayNZ.com Forum.
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First published: Wednesday, 28th March 2012 - 1:42pm