Why
Coplantation?
We are an extension of your team. We provide added reach, agility, and flexibility across your value chain to improve your response-ability to change.
We are a collective of food industry professionals with experience across the value chain spanning multiple markets, categories and consumer segments.
We are systems thinkers that prioritise the value of wisdom in decision-making.
We develop the tools for HOW you translate your WHY into WHAT.
We work with you across your value chain to respond to change and unlock growth.
We build organisational capabilities and capacity across strategy, innovation and sales & marketing.
Our collective effectiveness stems from our grassroots approach to achieving growth. We continually build on our core competencies by collaborating with change-makers and thought leaders.
We deliver results because we’re hardwired to believe that nothing is impossible, that communicating the truth is our duty, and kindness is the highest form of wisdom.
OUR TEAM
KELLY BARRY
Ngai Tahu & Ngati Mutunga
Commercial &
Indigenous Economies
DEBORAH TIEN
USA
Systems, Strategy
& Innovation
LAURA FORLONG
New Zealand
Strategy
& Design
MISCHA PANDELIDIS
New Zealand
Strategy & Food
Industry Specialist
OLGA MACAGON
New Zealand
Copy &
Engagement
KUSAL PERERA
New Zealand
Chief Collaborator
Strategy, Innovation & Brand
ANDREW HODGSON
New Zealand
Presentation &
Engagement
SARAH LYIMO
East Africa
Agribusiness &
East Africa Specialist
SARAH PERERA
Indonesia
Education
& Design
ANA BUGALETE
Europe
Culture, Marketing
& Strategy
ASH STEPHENS
New Zealand
Innovation
& Design
AERON POLLARD
New Zealand
Design &
Community
MELODY CHONG
United States & Singapore
Health and Wellness
& PR Specialist
SONIA SHAH
New Zealand
Systems Thinker
KAREN BISHOP
New Zealand
Strategy into
Operations Excellence
COPLANTATION VALUES
Meaningful change comes from meaningful values. These innate truths enable us team to make better decisions, that deliver better outcomes for those we serve.
GRIT
Achieving meaningful outcomes demands perseverance and a passion for long-term, purpose-driven goals.
Perseverance is a commitment to always follow through—to achieve excellence, despite the fear of failure.
This is about remaining optimistic and trusting in creativity and adaptability to give resilience in the face of adversity.
Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
—MUHAMMAD ALI
CARE
As a collective of independent outliers that still believe in changing the world, we care. We care a lot. It’s kinda our thing. However, as a business, we translate this care into results that matter.
We understand how our work contributes to the change required of our clients. We value their investment and the opportunity cost of our services.
We go further because we care.
“Being both soft and strong is a combination very few have mastered.”
—YASMIN MOGAHED
CURiOSITY
In an overcrowded and hyper-competitive world, mediocrity is not an option—wonder and curiosity drive us to innovate, differentiate and disrupt systems that no longer serve our needs.
For us, curiosity enables us to uncover the tensions and opportunities within the multitude of interconnected and interdependent variables of systems.
“I have no special talent. I am passionately curious.”
—ALBERT EINSTEIN