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Kevin Obern

Kevin Obern brings extensive senior leadership experience in large New Zealand services businesses to the OCS Advisory Group. As Managing Director of OfficeMax New Zealand Limited, he has led a complex organisation, responsible for enterprise-wide strategy, commercial performance and organisational capability across sales, supply chain, merchandise, marketing, people and capability, finance and transformation functions.

Over a multi-decade career, Kevin has developed deep expertise in product-led businesses, logistics and supply chain operations while leading large teams in customer-focused environments. Across that experience, he has built a reputation for strong commercial judgement, disciplined execution and values-based leadership, guiding organisations through growth, transformation and significant organisational change.

Kevin strengthens the Advisory Group with practical enterprise leadership experience and a clear understanding of the customer, supplier and operational dynamics that underpin large service organisations. His perspective helps support OCS’s continued growth while maintaining strong commercial discipline and long-term value for customers.

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