Arama Johnston

Arama Johnston (Ngāi te Rangi, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Pikiao) is currently a Director at SoF Consulting, bringing a wealth of experience and management skills to He Herenga Kura.

 

SoF Consulting provides support in relations to organizational performance and strategy; business development, tertiary education strategy (domestic and international), qualifications development, overseas development aid, engagement with Māori and marine conservation.

 

Arama has a background in both public and private sector organizations, as well as policy and legislative experience in education, overseas trade, economics, aid, health, health and safety - including representative duties at an overseas post involving time with UN operations in Cambodia.

 

Arama has held business development roles with international engineering and industrial research organisations. He spent 8 years as a technical advisor and relationship manager for large scale telecommunication, IT, and digital network deployments. More recently, Arama has spent time involved in entity establishment and setup, Crown/Māori relationships, organizational change management and transition as well as incident management.

 

Arama's particular areas of expertise are machinery of government, organisational performance, strategy development, policy formulation, legislative design and drafting, risk management, enforcement and compliance.

 

Arama's experience in representation and relationship management  at a Ministerial, Board, and executive level, overseas business development, hands on ICT experience, telecommunications project management, and budget management experience.