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Our New Zealand team is a small but highly efficient team of energetic, highly experienced and passionate people, hailing from diverse countries around the globe. Our consultants are in continuous contact with candidates worldwide across all international time zones, delivering the outstanding candidate applications and search results that our clients seek.


Sonia Pechner (Hortop), BSc (Hons) MPA

Executive Director

Since its inception in 1999, Sonia Pechner (one of the founding Directors) has led Academic Search International’s strategic development, with a clear focus on establishing the company as the leading specialist search firm in higher education in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.... Read More

Iain Longden, BA HDE

General Manager, New Zealand

Iain has been involved in education for almost 20 years, with over 15 years focusing on recruitment within the education sector... Read More

Dr Kathrin Wichmann, PhD

Senior Consultant

Kathrin is from Karlsruhe in Germany and holds a Dr rer nat in Chemistry, from the Technical University of Dresden, specializing in the area of Inorganic and Coordination Chemistry...... Read More

Liz Baré

Associate

Liz Baré is a well known senior executive in the University sector and has agreed to work with Academic Search International from 2010... Read More

Elvira Bobekova, MA

Senior Consultant

Elvira spent four years as a senior educator at the Kyrgyz National University where she was responsible for tutoring, developing curriculum and research...... Read More

Dhaya Haran, BApp Sc (NRM)

Senior Consultant

Dhaya has worked with a range of leading tertiary institutes over the last seven years... ... Read More

Heather Philp BMS (Hons)

Head of Research

Heather graduated with a Bachelor of Management Studies (Hons.) with a specialisation in International Management...... Read More

Rachel Stiff, MA

Research Associate

Rachel began working at ASI in 2010 whilst working towards a Master of Arts at the University of Auckland...... Read More

Petra Hinic, BSc BCom

Research Associate

Originally from Zagreb, Croatia Petra has made New Zealand home for the past 17 years. Since joining ASI in 2010...... Read More