New additions to the NeSI Team: Nisha Ghatak, Matt Chamberlain, and Nathalie Giraudon

On 1 July 2025, the roles, services and technologies of New Zealand eScience Infrastructure (NeSI) were integrated into the crown-owned company, Research and Education Advanced Network New Zealand (REANNZ). Stay connected with us by visiting the REANNZ website.
 

Please join us in welcoming the newest members to the NeSI team! 

 

Nisha Ghatak, Research Communities Advisor - Training

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Nisha Ghatak has recently joined NeSI as a Research Communities Advisor- Training. She has completed her PhD in Comparative Literature, at the University of Auckland, where she worked as a Research Assistant and Tutor for over three years. Before that, Nisha worked as a Project Manager and Team Lead at a North American corporate firm. This role was instrumental in shaping her knowledge on corporate training, team building and relationship management. She's a born and bred Calcutta girl of Malayalee descent. When she's not busy brainstorming ideas about community development at NeSI, Nisha loves hiking, cooking, watching movies & catching up on everything Murakami.

 

Matt Chamberlain - Agile Portfolio Lead

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I’m super excited to be a part of the NeSI team and starting to build experience in what is a whole new world for me. I've come from the Warehouse Group where for the last almost two years I had been working in an Agile Coach role starting from day 0 when the group flipped to a 100% Agile way of working. Before that I spent five-and-a-half years in the Noel Leeming Tech Solutions business where I held a number of roles starting as an in-store technician and ending up as National Operations Manager before making the transition to coaching.  

Outside of work I live in the central city with my wife Chirsty (pronounced Kirsty). We enjoy traveling and dining out. I am big on sports and a passionate Chicago sports team fan (Bears - NFL & Bulls - NBA) as well as supporting McLaren in Formula 1 and Liverpool in English football. I also enjoy Lego and attempting to maintain some level of fitness.

 

Nathalie Giraudon - Product Engineering Lead

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I joined the NeSI team as Product Engineering Lead for the Collaboration & Integration team. I am based in Christchurch. I have an electrical and electronic engineering degree from France. After a start as a software engineer for broadcast control rooms, I have been a telecommunication system engineer for more than 20 years (mostly with Nortel Networks and Tait Communications) before moving to AsureQuality. There, I led a team of business analysts as well as looking after the audit management tools development.

I really like rock climbing, cycling and tramping.... when my body still allows me to do it. I have two hen pets in my garden that love to try to escape to the vege garden.

 

Click here to meet the rest of the NeSI Team. 

 

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