Robyn Alexander (General Manager)

Robyn became a shareholder and General Manager of Pacific Entertainment in November 2007 leaving behind a successful 20 year career in Corporate Banking. Initially joining the prestigious merchant bank, South Pacific Merchant Finance in 1985, Robyn transferred to the top ranked corporate banking unit of The National Bank of New Zealand (now ANZ National Bank) when the two companies merged in 1989, finally leaving from a very senior corporate management position providing financial guidance to some of New Zealand’s top corporates and Government owned institutions. Through her banking career Robyn specialised in the areas of corporate finance and financial structuring, risk management, international trade finance, foreign exchange, and the development of core systems that supported a number of the bank’s international business functions. Sounds Music had been one of her clients.

Alongside her corporate banking career, for the past 15 years Robyn has also enjoyed a professional singing career, fronting a number of Auckland’s premier corporate bands, performing at a number of shows and events both nationally and internationally. Robyn released her debut album, “Breaking Through”, in 2000 and is due to release her second album, “Polite Conversation”, in early 2010. Both albums are mainly of her original compositions.

Robyn is the Secretary/Treasurer of the Variety Artists of New Zealand, a well established and highly regarded entertainment organisation that includes among its ranks legendary New Zealand artists such as the late Sir Howard Morrison, John Rowles, Ray Columbus, Suzanne Lynch, and Ray Woolf.

Robyn’s combined strong financial strengths, ability to deal at a senior corporate level, and sympathetic understanding of artists make her ideally suited to negotiating the challenges of the concert promotions business and executing successful tours.