Mr Bayliss career started with international brewer Lion Nathan which culminated in an Australian based role developing and teaching marketing practice across New Zealand, Australia, and China. After a period based in the USA in the FMCG sector, Steven returned to New Zealand to take up the role of GM Marketing and Innovation at Air New Zealand in 2004. Steven then moved to Foodstuffs New Zealand in 2011, setting up a central Ron Heinz Non-Executive Director Helen Foley Non-Executive Director function serving the two cooperatives across marketing, public relations, customer experience, CRM, Advanced Data and Analytics, and Acquiring functions. Steven also served as Chief Creative Officer at Sky Television.