Tony Sellars – Director
Tony was born in Howick (Auckland) Son of a War Vetran who worked in the Dairy industry which meant a lot of relocating, from Howick to the Wairapa, Invercargill, New Plymouth finally settling in the Hutt Vally. Tony attended St Patricks Silverstream College from 1970-73 where he represented the 1st XV Rugby, Tennis and Atheletics teams.
Upon leaving college Tony was a valuation cadet with Hutt City Council moving on to Retail Management before commencing a 12 year career with the Ford Motor Company NZ where he held many positions within Finance and HR, culminating in a Industrial Relations and Human Reasource Management role.
After Tony left Ford he had a stint in commercial real estate prior to 5year’s working in various corporate positions within the Information Technology industry before he established Venture Team Services in 1993.
In his spare time Tony is involved with numerous sporting clubs, schools and charities as well as a passion for the thoroughbred racing industry.
James Sellars – Business Development Manager
Born and raised in Lower Hutt, James attended St Patricks College Silverstream from 1996-2000 where he played 1st XV Rugby, 1st XI Cricket and was part of the McEvedy Atheletics team amongst other things. He also representing Wellington in these sports.
Upon leaving college he took the plunge into the IT industry with the New Horizon IBM Certification courses in hardware, software and completing his Webmasters.
Starting his career with JAS consulting where he designed and built websites and web applications as well as contracting out some college mates as data entry and reception staff.
In 2006 James joined Venture Team Services full-time focusing on the day to day operations as well as temp and contract staff along with the odd permanent placement.
In his spare time James enjoys all sports, horse racing and spending time with his family.
Victor Vito – Recruitment Consultant
When Victor isn’t ploughing his trade in the Super 15 or playing for the mighty All Blacks, he can be spotted around town in numerous cafes talking to numerous IT Managers and CEO’s in his role as Recruitment Consultant for VTS.
Victor was marked early as a future rugby star. A product of Scots College in Wellington, he was picked for the Hurricanes Schools team of 2004. This team won the Regional tournament and his strong performances won him selection for the New Zealand Secondary Schools side.
Vito also impressed at this higher level, including being awarded the Golden Boot (the award selected by the opposition coach in the schoolboys’ test against Australia). He joined an exclusive club when he won this award, Jerry Collins being the only other Wellington player in recent times to win it.
On leaving school Vito joined the Wellington Rugby Academy and started a Law degree at Victoria University showing that he has alway had aspirations outside of Rugby. The team at VTS can see some real promise in Victor his natural ability to network and create opportunities make him a real asset to our company.
We certainly look forward to having Victor around the office more often, when he can get some time away from his number one trade.
