Anna Mackenzie

Anna Mackenzie joined the team in October 2023 as the Executive Assistant for the Aotearoa NZ-based global management team. She came to AbacusBio from a varied background that formerly concentrated on hospitality and customer service and latterly concentrated on administration and EA roles. In late 2025, she stepped into an expanded role as Operations Coordinator & Systems Admin, reflecting her growing involvement across the business.

In her day-to-day work, Anna supports a wide range of operational functions across the organisation. This includes managing global payroll processes, maintaining and improving business systems (including Microsoft 365, Teams, Salesforce, and HRIS platforms), coordinating Board activity, and supporting international staff across multiple regions. She also continues to look after core operational needs such as travel and general administration—alongside whatever else the Management Team throw her way.

Some highlights from previous roles include leading the creation of the Māori Annual Report (2021 & 2022) for Otago Polytechnic, organising off-site conferences for a team of 100, implementing H&S and EAP systems and being described as “ruthlessly helpful” by a former colleague.

Anna’s focus at AbacusBio is to make people look good and feel good. A strong blue dot, she cares deeply about the people in her life and gets a kick from helping those around her do their jobs better – whether that’s streamlining processes, ordering tasty catering, or quietly making sure things run smoothly behind the scenes.

Outside of work you can find Anna involved in several different hobbies including board games, reading, cooking, Formula 1, singing in the Octagon Ensemble and looking after her one dag, two cats and husband. If all of that isn’t enough, Anna has a side hustle in catering called Platterpuss Dunedin and can be found in the gym (BFT) at 7am most mornings!