Kepa not keeping regional roles

Rick Irvine

South Island key account manager Rick Irvine and central region key account manager Rochelle Hill have been made redundant because their roles have been disestablished. Members were advised at the beginning of March.

Irvine then later sent an email to Kepa members, which he called "clarification of Kepa advisement" telling them that during the consultation process, Kepa had said the decision was made because the group's revenue had not increased and the group was not achieving its profitability targets.

It was not because of performance concerns or anything specific to Irvine or Hill.

He said the decision was made to restructure Kepa's distribution model with the view of reducing costs.