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Introducing Doug

Suppliers to the team will know this face well – this is Doug Reid, known affectionately here as the Silver Fox. Doug is our Supplier Manager and is responsible for recruiting and looking after the 100+ companies who support Emirates Team New Zealand by way of services, goods and their expertise. If there is something needed for the team – be it for the boat, the base, the sail loft, the office - Doug is our man.

Doug joined Team New Zealand for the 2003 campaign having run the New Zealand side of Dennis Connor’s campaign here in New Zealand for the 2000. Not content with just a day job Doug has been hosting guests here at the team base on game nights and while I write this he is setting up for the final game tonight. When home is a farm with livestock to manage and relaxation is taking his classic yacht away for the weekend, being here on the Sunday of a long weekend is the perfect example of his commitment to what we do at Emirates Team New Zealand. I asked him what he thought makes ETNZ so special and sets us apart from the other teams – in his mind it’s pretty simple – our “New Zealandness”. And with that he set about filling up the tomato sauce bottles for the hot pies he is serving tonight!

Lisa

Oct 23 2011
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Introducing Doug Suppliers to the team will know this face well – this is Doug Reid, known affectionately here as the Silver Fox. Doug is our Supplier Manager and is responsible for recruiting and looking after the 100+ companies who support Emirates Team New Zealand by way of services, goods and their expertise....