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team mr blinds

Melissa

In-home consultant

Steve

In-home consultant

Monica

In-home consultant

Dawn

Customer Service

Colette

Customer Service

Kim

Customer Service

Chayil

Customer Service

Jeff

Installer

Raglan

Installer

Anthony & Fiona Katavich

Directors

Born and bred Kiwi’s, Anthony & Fiona are passionate about their business being the best in the industry. Anthony has a degree in engineering and extensive background in project management within the financial sector whilst Fiona has a degree in marketing which has been applied in both large tourism and consumer goods companies. As they both hail from corporate backgrounds they know how to run an efficient business with flair and customer focus. They are constantly striving to improve and invest in all aspects of mr blinds so that you receive the best possible product at the best possible price.

When not thinking about work they indulge in family time with the kids and playing on motorbikes and horses.

Charlie Gray

Chief Operating Officer

Our Chief Operating Officer, Charlie, has many years of experience in diverse industries across most business disciplines. From direct sales, into sales management then into a range of marketing functions culminating in National Marketing Manager for a large international oil company. Emigrating to New Zealand saw a change in industry and breadth of responsibility as the New Zealand Manager for the New Zealand operation of a large Australasian organisation. Opting out of big business and corporate life he spent a few years consulting, but missing the cut and thrust of business he was soon back in business eschewing the large corporates to go with a smaller nimble business with family values. A recent graduate with Masters in Business Administration, Charlie now has his weekends back and can be found harassing, unsuccessfully most of the time, the fish in the Hauraki Gulf on his jetski.

Vikash

Production Manager

Vikash runs our factory and makes sure all of your blinds are made on time and to the highest quality. He hails from Fiji where he spent 9 years teaching accounting and economics. After arriving in New Zealand Vikash started working at Fisher and Paykel – his first time out of school. He progressed in F&P learning lean manufacturing techniques and became a team leader and trainer as befitting his earlier teaching background. He then moved into supply chain sourcing local components. While working at F&P he studied for his Bachelor of Applied Management (Production and Operations Management).

All these skills are put to good use in running a lean and efficient team making the quality blinds and ensuring they arrive in good shape and on time to our customers.

A keen football player in his younger days, sadly the joints no longer support the rigours of the game and he is an enthusiastic supporter. When not on the side lines supporting his local team he enjoys travelling around as a bit of a car enthusiast.