Staff
Leigh Bitossi
Communications Adviser
Leigh joined the Foundation in August 2025, bringing eight years of communications and public relations experience across nonprofit, private, and government sectors.
Leigh graduated from Victoria University of Wellington with a Bachelor of Arts in Geography and a Graduate Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.
After graduating, Leigh began a long career in Asia, spending one year in Seoul, South Korea, and 19 years in Japan, where he worked in public relations at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) before returning to New Zealand in 2022 to start a role at the Teaching Council.