New CEO for N4L

This is a supplied media release.

Larrie Moore has been appointed as the new chief executive of Crown-owned company Network for Learning Ltd (N4L), effective February 7, 2018.

“Larrie is a proven business leader with a track record of launching and growing brands,” says N4L chairwoman Helen Robinson, who was named an Officer of New Zealand Order of Merit last month. “We continue to play a significant role in the education sector and the board is confident Larrie has the right combination of experience and leadership acumen to achieve the company’s ambitious goals and build on the many opportunities ahead.”

Mr Moore is probably best known for creating and launching challenger mobile brand 2degrees, working alongside its founding chief executive, the late Eric Hertz.

Prior to 2degrees, he was chief operating officer at Orcon, where he helped launch NZ’s first unbundled ADSL2+ fixed network, as well as faster internet and unlimited national calling for homes and businesses. He as was also previously general manager of brand and consumer marketing at Vodafone.

Recently, Mr Moore led a family-owned business, Number Eight Retail Group, and currently serves as non-executive director of wifi provider Zenbu Networks Ltd.

Mr Moore moved to New Zealand from the US with his New Zealand wife and three sons in 2005, following a career spanning senior sales and marketing roles in the UK with Fujitsu, Mars, and healthcare giant GSK. During that time, he set up new GSK operations in six Southeast Asian countries as country manager, then went on to join GSK’s global marketing team in the US, leading more than 30 brand and product launches across the globe and doubled sales within three years.

Outside of the office, he is a qualified football coach, and for the past 12 years has coached junior and youth grades in Auckland.

Mr Moore says he is looking forward to joining N4L. “It’s an incredibly exciting time to be joining the business, with many opportunities ahead, partnering with education and technology organisations to help deliver the new government’s goals for education.

“The Managed Network is a unique and significant proposition, and I am really looking forward to working with the team to evolve and expand N4L’s operations ensuring we continue to meet the needs of the 811,000-plus students, teachers, and school staff using our services.”

Mr Moore replaces Greg Woolley, who was interim chief executive for the past four months, and previously, John Hanna, N4L’s founding chief executive.

Mr Woolley will remain with the company in a part-time capacity as chief product officer. Ms Robinson says he has done an outstanding job as interim chief executive and the board thanks him for all the hard work he has put in to lead the team, including partnering with Chorus to launch three new initiatives, and managing the early stages of our transition to a new government.