Maree Forbes
Operations Manager – Amotai
Maree is of Ātiawa ki Whakarongotai, Ngāti Toa and Ngāti Raukawa descent on her father’s side and has northern English whakapapa on her mother’s side.
Maree holds a Bachelor of Design and her early career was spent in the design industry. Maree then moved into project and programme roles in both the private and public sectors and she spent a decade working overseas in Australia, Belfast and Edinburgh. She has extensive experience in project management, operational, funding, budget and risk management skills and know-how.
Joining TSI as Programme Manager in early 2018, Maree was responsible for managing the strategic finance and risk profiles across the department. Before that she held a Programme Manager role at Auckland Transport. More recently, Maree has been seconded to the Amotai team where she leads all the operations work.
Maree is passionate about women’s financial literacy and independence, creating home and storytelling.