Lance Wiggs is a found of Punakaiki Fund, a venture capital fund investing in high growth private NZ companies. With over 840 NZ investors and over $31 million raised through a combination of wholesale and retail offers Punakaiki Fund has crafted a new model for venture investing.
Read MoreDebra is an active early stage investor, and a member of Flying Kiwi Angels. She draws on her experience as an engineer in the mining industry, a strategic marketing consultant, a business owner and exited entrepreneur to deliver clarity of thinking and strategic direction to the governance and advisory boards on which she sits.
Read MoreDave is an entrepreneur who champions agile working practices and collaboration to drive innovation. As a leader, he focuses on unlocking discretionary effort and creativity in his teams by forming diverse teams and encouraging them to bring their whole self to work.
Read MoreNigel is a Managing Partner of Pencarrow and has more than 30 years’ experience in private equity, mergers & acquisitions and corporate finance.
Read MoreTom is a Trader at Fonterra in Auckland with over 5 years of experience in dairy. He focuses on market making in NZX Dairy Commodity and Milk Price Derivatives, and using these markets to help manage the risk of Fonterra’s physical exposures.
Read MoreConor has over 10 years’ experience working in finance through a variety of roles, including: International Equity Trader (Fidelity Investments), Reorganizations Associate, Senior Margin Associate (Scottrade Inc.), Trading Analyst, and U.S. Trader (Fonterra). Conor has a passion for finance and is always looking for ways expand his financial knowledge.
Read MoreSuse has been on the AANZ Council since its inception in 2008 and took up the Executive Director role four years ago. Angel Association NZ is the industry representative body for early stage investment.
Read MoreMartin heads the Private markets team of ACC which administers the private equity, direct infrastructure and direct property portfolios of ACC.
Read MoreCon joined MyFarm in July 2018 as the Head of Investment Research. The role involves providing investment insights for all primary sectors and the specific investment opportunities that exist for clients. Prior to this Con was the ANZ Agri Economist for 8 years.
Read MoreDr Prash is the CEO of Caleb & Brown, Australia's first dedicated Cryptocurrency brokerage. A medical doctor by training, Dr Prash first became interested in Cryptocurrencies via his libertarian roots.
Read MoreTe Kapunga Dewes is the CEO of PF Olsen taking over from Peter Clark in September 2018. PF Olsen is the leading independent forestry management services provider in New Zealand and Australia, managing 300,000 ha and harvesting around 7.0 million m3/annum.
Read MoreChé has a practical personal background in farming and forestry and a broad experience in various public sector roles, including: agricultural trade relations and cooperation with China, regulatory management of New Zealand National Parks, competition regulation and price-setting of NZ’s telecommunications sector, and government infrastructure funding packages.
Read MoreGeorge is an analyst in the investment team at BNZ, with responsibilities across the KiwiSaver, Private Wealth and YouWealth offerings.
Read MoreFrançois Richebœuf is Senior Portfolio Manager at BT Funds Management NZ, the investment arm of Westpac New Zealand Limited, where he’s responsible for the portfolio implementation and asset allocation of the Westpac Diversified Funds including the KiwiSaver and Active Series fund range.
Read MoreTena koutou e ngā kāwai whakapapa no ngā Iwi katoa o te motu. Temuera Hall is of Ngati Tuwharetoa and Te Arawa descent and has been involved in asset management and financial services since 1994.
Read MoreAmy is a Partner in the Corporate Finance practice of PwC New Zealand based in Auckland. She has more than 20 years commercial and banking experience, and since joining PwC in 2006 has specialised in mid-market Mergers and Acquisitions with a particular focus on working with, and advising, privately owned companies including private equity.
Read MoreChristine is part of the Debt Capital Markets team at ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited and is responsible for securitisation. Christine has a keen interest in impact investments and social bonds and was involved in a number of New Zealand’s pilot social bond transactions.
Read MoreJo has been in Asia for over 20 years, predominantly based in Hong Kong but with two valuable years spent in Singapore.
Read MoreLouise is the CEO of the Ākina Foundation, New Zealand’s principal intermediary for social enterprise. Following SEWF 2017, hosted in Christchurch NZ, Ākina has been appointed the strategic partner to the New Zealand Government to further establish the social enterprise sector and to help transform the NZ economy by harnessing the power of enterprise for positive and environmental impact.
Read MoreRoss George is the Managing Director of Direct Capital, New Zealand’s leading private equity fund, founded in 1994. Direct Capital invests in Australian and New Zealand private companies, providing capital to grow and continue creating value, and has invested in over 70 companies in New Zealand and Australia.
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