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The Workchoice Trust was established in 1994. In 1995, it launched Workchoice Day, a programme designed to give Year 12 students career exposure and help them make informed decisions about where they are headed with their career.

Workchoice Day is held annually and on a national basis, offering a link between New Zealand'­s future workforce and employers enabling students to gather knowledge first hand and share experiences of people employed in their field of interest.

Workchoice Day 2011 will be held on Tuesday 17 May.

The Trust is proud of its achievement of providing 132,000 school students with the opportunity of seeing the world at work over the past 16 years. Our work would not be possible without the generous support of the New Zealand business community.

The Workchoice Trust is registered as a charitably entity with the Charities Commission. Information about us on the register can be viewed by clicking here.

Trustees

Roger Lampen (Chairperson): Roger is the Founder and Chairperson of the Trust. He was formerly Managing Director of The Lampen Group Ltd and Lampen Associates Ltd and is currently Chairperson of Geneva Health International and Klein Medical.

Roger has had intense on-going involvement in the not-for-profit sector.  He was the founding Chairperson of the Auckland Performing Arts School Trust and the founding Chairperson for the Northern Region of the Life Education Trust, an organisation providing drug and alcohol education to primary school children. Roger and his wife are also the trustees of the Fledgling Trust, which supports and initiates youth development programmes through performing arts groups.

Kathy McCombe: Trust CEO. Kathy has been involved since 1995 and has played an integral part in its development. Her passion for youth development has brought about the continual growth of Workchoice Day, not only in the main centres but also in its expansion to the regions. Kathy sees the importance of industry connections with schools and industry and is active in ensuring this knowledge goes back into classroom learning. Kathy is frequently sought after for media comment on youth employment and employment related matters.

Maggie Hames: Maggie is the Director of Careers at Auckland Girls' Grammar School and is also the National President for CATE (Careers and Transition Education Association). She has been involved in Workchoice Days as a school coordinator and offers the Trust insight on the school perspective.

Jane Kennelly: Jane is the Director of Frog Recruitment. She has been involved with the Trust since its inception and remains a keen supporter. Frog Recruitment both sponsors the Trust and hosts students on Workchoice Day. Jane still loves the day as much today as she did on the first Workchoice Day in 1995! She and her team relish the chance to meet with bright, young, curious minds and give the students options to think about.

Mark Dunlop: Mark is currently GM Training & Development for Foodstuffs Auckland Limited.  He is a member of the Institute of Directors and Human Resources Institute. He has been involved with Workchoice Day hosting for at least 7 years both at the support centre and across the Foodstuffs group supermarkets.  With a management background at senior levels with a number of leading businesses in both New Zealand and Australia and extensive consulting experience, he brings his diverse industry and organisational experience to the Trust.  Mark is passionate about seeing others achieve to their potential.  He is returning to self employment towards the end of 2010, which will also enable him to give some time to “put back” into organisations such as Workchoice, that contribute to developing our future leaders.