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Philipp Grunert Collins

New Zealand Trade and Enterprise

Philipp Grunert Collins is New Zealand Trade and Enterprise’s International Market Manager for Latin America. New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) is the Government’s international business development agency, helping to boost global reach and build capability so our companies can grow bigger, better, faster.

Philipp works closely with NZTE’s customer managers in New Zealand and the teams based in Latin America, where NZTE has offices in Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Colombia. NZTE leverage our connections and government influence on behalf of businesses and apply local knowledge – from the NZTE team and a network of private sector experts – to help them enter and grow in international markets.

Prior to joining NZTE and LANZBC in 2021, he was based in London working as International Sales Manager for DK/Penguin Random House and HarperCollins, two major multinational publishing companies. He contributed to the companies’ expansion into Latin America by building strong commercial relationships and identifying growth opportunities in the region.

Philipp is originally from Germany but grew up on a small island in Spain, and due to his upbringing is fluent in German, Spanish, Catalan and English.