Sarah Trotman, of Auckland, ONZM, for services to business and the community
Ms Trotman is the Director of Business Relations at Auckland University of Technology Business School and a Trustee and a Director. Previously, as a small business support specialist, she organised the Business Expos, the Excellence in Business Support Awards, and the Bizzone Business Magazine. She was Chief Executive of Business Mentors New Zealand, where she supervised free business mentoring for over 3,000 small businesses per year. She is a former Trustee of the Sir Peter Blake Trust and Leadership New Zealand, and is a member of Be.Accessible’s Fab 50 Network. Ms Trotman helped establish the Lifewise Big Sleepout fundraising event to support people out of homelessness, has mentored young women under the YWCA Future Leaders Programme and is an active business mentor.