Key Staff & Roles (WIP)

Key Staff & Roles

The Kiwikrane Support Office employs 15 staff members in a variety of capacities. 

Key franchisee contacts are listed below.

Cliff Hopkins
(Founder of Kiwikrane / Shareholder of Kiwikrane Franchising Ltd )
Email: cliff@kiwikrane.co.nz

Cliff is no longer involved in day-to-day operations, but does do some Corporate Siting.

Paul Hydes
(Shareholder of Kiwikrane Franchising Ltd / Managing Director)
DDL: +64 09 972 1231
Cell: +64 021 410 009
Email:  paul@kiwikrane.co.nz

Paul is in charge of financial management, IT, purchasing/logistics, dealing with licensors such as NRL, etc.  He looks after so many aspects of the business it would take a page to list them all.

Thomas Felton
(Operations Manager / Franchise and Business Development Manager)
DDL: +64 09 972 1071
Cell: +64 027 498 7487
Email: thomas@kiwikrane.co.nz

Thomas is in charge of new franchisees, franchisee support, siting of machines, support office staff / recruitment, public relations, legal, working with Paul and generally lots of little things which need to get done but can’t be listed.

Winnie Fong
(Office Manager)
Phone: +64 09 846 2800
Email: winnie@kiwikrane.co.nz or office@kiwikrane.co.nz

Winnie looks after accounts, orders and administrative aspects of the business.  She also keeps Paul and Thomas on track and works incredibly hard! 🙂

Morgan Davis
(Operations Analyst)
Phone: +64 09 846 2800
Email: morgan@kiwikrane.co.nz or office@kiwikrane.co.nz

Morgan looks after CoinOp Software machine moves, organising stocking and invoicing for National Account Sites, organising Head Office weekly stocking routes, and generally just being an all-round nice guy.

Maurice Karataua
(Warehouse Manager)
Phone: +64 09 846 2800
Email: warehouse@kiwikrane.co.nz

Maurice looks after inwards goods, order dispatch, credit processing, and general warehousing.  If you need to know if your order has been processed and sent, Maurice is the person to ask.