Canterbury Education Services (CES) was established as a not-for-profit school-owned cooperative 30 years ago. Since then, they have been providing quality financial services to the education sector throughout New Zealand.

With headquarters based in Christchurch, they have expanded the business to include two branches in Auckland. With a core business function of providing financial services, CES are NZ’s largest manager of online school elections and organise a variety of conferences within the sector.

With a strong team of 40, CES consists of a cohesive, high functioning team. Decipher Group was appointed to lead the executive search and recruitment for an operational and visionary General Manager to lead the organisation going forward.

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Jonathan Brooks to the role of General Manager of Canterbury Education Services.

Jonathan joined the team in March 2024.

Executive search led by Lisa Edwards.

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