Judges Profiles
Meet the team behind the loupes.
Our magnificent team of judges meticulously pore over every entry to ensure only the best are awarded Gold.
Their unwavering support and enthusiasm, wealth of knowledge, and attention to detail is what ensures the Pride In Print Awards continue to be the showcase for our industry.
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Alex Straight
Alex’s career in print spans across 35 years, in which time he’s dabbled in flexo, digital and gravure. Shortly after finishing his apprenticeship in 1994,…
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Andrew Thomson
Andrew formally studied Graphic Arts before joining the Kiwi Labels prepress team in 1998. After completing an apprenticeship in 2001 he was awarded both the…
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Annemarie Gibbs
Annemarie did her time in the mid 80’s as a Typography apprentice for The Printing Press in Wellington. While on her OE she worked in…
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Bernard Webster
Bernard is originally a typographer by trade who moved into packaging prepress in Hamilton in 1994 and has been part of the industry ever since. Joining…
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Brian Kidston
Brian started his career as a litho printer in 1979 in Scotland and has experience spanning both hemispheres covering all aspects of both Print and…
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Chris Thomas
Chris has been the Divisional Manager of Packaging at BJ Ball for the past 2+ years, overseeing and driving BJ Ball's position as a leading…
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Christophe Kiou
Christophe has lived print for over 20 years, driving print production in a Tahiti business, then moving to New Zealand owning Vizualis becoming Monster Print,…
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Craig Harrison
Craig has accumulated 37 years’ experience within the print industry. A long spell at APN Print Manukau saw him undertake many responsibilities over the years,…
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Damion Robinson
Damion has been in the Print industry for 29 years starting out as a print assistant, gaining an apprenticeship which lead to being a Print…
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Darren Gallot
Darren is a trade qualified heatset printer who did his apprenticeship at Comprint in the mid 1980’s. After 10 years as a printer and looking…
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Fraser Gardyne
Brand Director at agency Great North, founding committee member and judge in the Pride In Print Awards, Fraser was inducted into The Pride In Print…
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Fred Chan
Fred began working in the print industry in 1997 in Honk Kong before moving to New Zealand in 2016. Specialising in Digital Printing, Fred has…
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Gary Gibbon
Gary has more than 35 years’ experience in the label printing industry. After completing an apprenticeship in Reel-Fed Printing (Labels) at Avery Labels, Gary has…
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Grant Amelung
Grant is the Technical Director for Gravure Packaging group of companies, having been a part of the team for 15 years across most areas of…
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Jason Carroll
Jason started his Reel Fed Printing Apprenticeship in 1996 at Adhesif labels where he ran letterpress and flexo presses for just over 10 years. Jason…
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Laura Cibilich
Laura Cibilich is the Founder and Design Director at Run, a wahine-led and purpose-driven creative agency. She founded Run in 2008, after starting her career…
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Maree Bishop
I have been in the Printing Industry for 37 years. My main passion is Print Finishing but enjoy seeing all the new technologies evolving throughout…
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Martin Duffy
Martin has 37 years’ experience in the corrugated case industry covering Customers Services, Account Manager, Technical Manager & currently in a Business Development Manager. Martin…
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Mason Smith
Mason's career in print and design industry began more than 28 years ago and he is currently a Project/Print Director at Insight Creative. His skills…
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Matt Tobin
Matt started his apprenticeship in sheetfed offset in 2003 with Southern Colour Print, moving into an estimating role shortly after completion. For the past 15…
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Mike Horler
Mike has been in the coldset industry for 40 years. Starting as an apprentice at the Auckland Star having turned 16 , he has worked…
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Mike Mossman
Mike has been working in and around screenprinting since 1992, his Specialist field is textile screen printing. Currently managing Colour Evolution in Auckland, a major…
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Natasha Poznanovic
Natasha has over 30 years’ experience in the printing industry, both in Europe and in New Zealand. Her roles have covered all aspects of typography,…
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Neil Mackenzie
For over two decades, I've had the honour and privilege of capturing the essence and spirit of the New Zealand Pride in Print Awards through…
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Rachel Doughty
Rachel Doughty is the founder and director of Auckland brand and packaging design agency, One Design, and an experienced industry commentator who has adjudicated for…
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Raja Chakrabarti
Raja is an Engineer with an MBA with more than 20yrs experience in the printing industry with 10yrs at a Plant Manager. Raja moved to…
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Scott Porter
Scott is a flexographic printer having completed an apprenticeship in 1989 when he was awarded the Du Pont award for excellence during training. After a…
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Somphane Vanxay
Somphane has been in the print industry for over 30 years, specialising in screen-printing, large format digital and narrow web flexo printing . He is…
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Steve Van Der Weert
Steve, Print Finishing Manager at Kale Print Tauranga, has been in the print and finishing industry for over 15 years. Having started his career with…
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Steve Watson
Steve is a Print Finisher by trade with over 48 years experience. After completing his apprenticeship he worked for several local printers before starting Postpress…
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Stuart Dally
Since finishing his Screen-printing apprenticeship in the early 2000s, Stuart has completed the NZ diploma in print management as well as other various Print NZ…
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Tim Houlden
Tim has been involved in the print and packaging industry for over 35 years dealing in rigid plastics, flexible films and for the last twenty…
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Tim Upton
With 35 years experience in the printing industry, starting his Screen Printing apprenticeship in 1989, Tim said he wanted to be Screen Printer from the…
