International Presenters


Brent Bushnell

Keynote Speaker

Brent Bushnell is the CEO of Two Bit Circus, an LA-based experiential entertainment company that operates a network of micro-amusement parks.  He is chairman of the non-profit Two Bit Circus Foundation which deploys STEAM-based programmes to inspire students about invention and facilitates STEAM Carnivals around the world.  Brent is a Sir Edmund Hillary Fellowship Fellow, a supporter of Clowns Without Borders and publishes on Twitter @brentbushnell.


Stephen Cheung

Innovation Showcase: New Trends in Public/ Private Sector Data Sharing
Panellist

Stephen is President of the World Trade Center Los Angeles (WTCLA) and Executive Vice President of the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC), leading investment attraction to the Los Angeles County region and facilitating successful location of new businesses, projects, and deals from both international and United States investors.  Prior to his current role, Stephen was the Secretary General of International Trade and Foreign Affairs for Los Angeles Mayors Eric Garcetti and Antonio Villaraigosa and was responsible for managing policies and programmes related to the Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles World Airports, International Affairs and Global Trade.


LI Chuyuan

Innovation Showcase: Food, Technology and Wellbeing
Panellist

Li Chuyuan is Chairman of Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Holdings Limited (GPHL), the largest pharmaceutical manufacturer in China.  He graduated from Sun Yat-sen University with a Bachelor of Science and an EMBA, holding a Senior Engineer and Economist Certificate.  

Li Chuyuan boasts 31 years' experience in the pharmaceutical industry including management, manufacture, sales, procurement, logistics and quality management.  He has led the group to double its sales scale in the last five years, and the sales scale of 2018 exceed RMB 116 billion.Li Chuyuan is a member of the Guangzhou Senior Economist Evaluation Committee and recipient of the National Model Worker and Top Ten Outstanding Youth in Guangzhou City awards.


Heidi Pease

Innovation Showcase: New Trends in Public/ Private Sector Data Sharing
Panellist

Heidi co-founded the Los Angeles Blockchain Lab, a collaboration of academia, government, enterprise, and community developing the blockchain ecosystem in Southern California.  Partners include Los Angeles City, UCLA, UCI, USC, Caltech and Panasonic.  In addition, Heidi is CEO, Proof-Of-Art, a social enterprise platform using blockchain.  She was a hand-selected participant for Richard Branson’s Blockchain Summit, where 40 global thought leaders address blockchain’s potential for social impact.  

Heidi is a frequent guest lecturer for academic institutions, executive retreats, government events and community programs.  Most recently she presented at “Blockchain Central” for the United Nations General Assembly Concordia and World Economic Forum GBBC.


XIANG Xi

Innovation Showcase: Digital Creative Story Telling  
Panellist

Xi Xiang is CEO at Guangzhou Time Network Technology Co., Ltd.  He has more than 20 years’ experience in creative industries. Xi Xiang was previously Chief Editor of Southern Weekly and received the World Economic Forum Young Global Leader award in 2010.

Guangzhou Time Network Technology Co., Ltd. is a thriving creative-driven culture technology company founded by media and technical elites from Southern Weekly, Crystal CG and Atkins.  The company focuses on the AR/VR industry and promotes the development of the tourism and creative industries.


Ron Hicks

Innovation Showcase: Food, Technology and Wellbeing
Panellist
Healthtech Investment Showcase
International investor

As the Founder and CEO of HerdX, Inc., Ron has created technology that provides traceability for the meat industry.  Based in Central Texas, HerdX is a global company and the forerunner in establishing provenance across the supply chain and transparency to the consumer. Ron’s career has been filled with achievements as a serial entrepreneur and inventor of disruptive technologies.  Business Week awarded Ron the top industrial design award in medical technologies, along with other leaders throughout the world, including BMW and Ford Motor Company.  Ron is a dynamic speaker who is passionate about solving problems.


LIU Bin

Innovation Showcase: New Trends in Public/ Private Sector Data Sharing
Panellist

Bin Liu (Andy) is Vice President of PCI-Suntek Technology Co., Ltd.  He is a Doctor of Science and senior engineer, focusing on AI technology research and commercial product development.  Andy has worked at PCI-Suntek Technology Co., Ltd. since 2011 as Director of its Strategic Management Centre, Assistant President and General Manager of Security Technology.  Previously he was Vice President of Smart City Business Group.

International Investors


HU Haibo

Healthtech Investment Showcase
International investor

Hu Haibo is a partner of Infinite Capital Holding Company (ICAP), an enterprise comprised of 53 publicly traded A-share listed companies across China.  He has worked in venture capital for 10 years and has extensive experience in managing large-scale funds.

Prior to joining ICAP, Hu Haibo worked for Hella in Germany and was General Manager of Spengler Machine.  Hu Haibo has served as an investment director of venture capital institutions such as the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Venture Capital, Bank of China and Guangdong Finance Fund.  He received an MBA from Sun Yat-sen University.  


Ron Hicks

Innovation Showcase: Food, Technology and Wellbeing
Panellist
Healthtech Investment Showcase
International investor

As the Founder and CEO of HerdX, Inc., Ron has created technology that provides traceability for the meat industry.  Based in Central Texas, HerdX is a global company and the forerunner in establishing provenance across the supply chain and transparency to the consumer. Ron’s career has been filled with achievements as a serial entrepreneur and inventor of disruptive technologies.  Business Week awarded Ron the top industrial design award in medical technologies, along with other leaders throughout the world, including BMW and Ford Motor Company.  Ron is a dynamic speaker who is passionate about solving problems.


Carmen Palafox

Healthtech Investment Showcase
International investor

Carmen is a partner at MiLA.vc, a venture capital fund that invests in pre-seed and seed-stage hardware startups across industries including food, agritech, cleantech, new materials, biotech, medical devices, mobility and aerospace.  Carmen’s focus at MiLA is coaching entrepreneurs on finance and strategic planning and managing venture fund operations.  She was formerly VP at Dimensional Fund Advisors, where she scaled operations into new markets including Latin America, Canada, and Europe. 

Carmen has an MBA from Berkeley-Haas, an MA in sports management from USF, and a BA in economics from USC.  She is on the advisory board at Santa Monica City College’s Business Department, Aura; a venture capital-backed Fintech startup, and PledgeLA.  Carmen is also an Aspen Institute Ricardo Salinas Scholar.


Vivian Pan

Healthtech Investment Showcase
International investor

Vivian Pan is Managing Director of Guangzhou Osmunda Medical Device Technology, Inc.  She has more than 20 years’ experience in China and abroad across the investment, finance, medical equipment and medical device industries.  Vivian Pan was previously Head of Human Resources for the global marketing research firm AC Nielsen, South China.


Peter Huynh

Healthtech Investment Showcase
International investor

Peter is a partner and co-founder of Qualgro, a venture capital firm based in Singapore, investing across Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

Qualgro invests in B2B startups at Series A and B, and Peter has led investments in spaces such as SaaS, AI, data, marketplaces and hardware.  He has helped numerous companies with international expansion and leadership development.

Peter was previously a director at Singtel Innov8, Singtel Group’s corporate venture capital fund, and co-founder of Optus-Innov8, a corporate VC investing in Australian startups.  He has also led technology M&A transactions for Singtel Group.


Duncan Mackintosh

Healthtech Investment Showcase
International investor

Duncan spent 18 years in technology commercialisation and business development and five years in clinical veterinary practice.  Most recently he was the Chief Executive of WaikatoLink Ltd, the commercialisation company of the University of Waikato. 

Duncan has an interest in the agritech, animal health and life science sectors, is founder of several startup ventures and has held directorships on a variety of technology companies.  He is Executive Chairman of Kea Therapeutics Ltd, Brandon’s first New Zealand investment, and is a member of the Auckland UniServices Biotech & Life Sciences Investment Committee.  Duncan has a BVSc from Massey University.

Presenters in order of programme

Miriama Kamo

MC for the day

Award-winning journalist Miriama Kamo is a presenter and reporter for TVNZ’s flagship current affairs programme, Sunday.  A founding team member of Sunday, Miriama has relished working on the stories that matter to New Zealanders.  Prior to this role, Miriama worked across most of TVNZ’s news and current affairs programmes, including 20/20 and 1 News at Six.

As a newsreader, Miriama has been at the forefront of many major New Zealand events, including the Pike River explosion, the passing of Sir Edmund Hillary, and the Christchurch earthquakes.  Miriama also writes for news and online publications and is a published children’s book author.


Brent Bushnell

Keynote Speaker

Brent Bushnell is the CEO of Two Bit Circus, an LA-based experiential entertainment company that operates a network of micro-amusement parks.  He is chairman of the non-profit Two Bit Circus Foundation which deploys STEAM-based programmes to inspire students about invention and facilitates STEAM Carnivals around the world.  Brent is a Sir Edmund Hillary Fellowship Fellow, a supporter of Clowns Without Borders and publishes on Twitter @brentbushnell.


Vic Crone

Presenter

Vic became CEO of Callaghan Innovation in 2017.  She was previously the Managing Director of Xero, New Zealand and New Markets, following executive roles at Chorus and Telecom New Zealand.

Vic has been an independent director on the boards of several companies and organisations in the technology sector, including RedShield, Figure.NZ, Creative HQ and the Hi-Tech Trust.

Callaghan Innovation is a New Zealand government agency that provides innovation programmes, research and development technology services and grant co-funding to businesses to help them to activate innovation, accelerate commercialisation and grow faster.


Noah Maffitt

Innovation Showcase: Digital Creative Story Telling 
Moderator

Noah is a highly experienced international e-commerce and digital business growth expert.  He has held a range of senior positions since moving to Auckland from the United States in 2014 including Managing Director of Eurekly (a global educational platform startup that now operates in 12 countries), and CEO Continuous Commerce at Ogilvy & Mather Auckland.

His diverse positions in the United States include urban development roles at the United Nations and in the White House as a consultant on the President’s Council on Sustainable Development. Noah has a strong track record at establishing, transforming and growing large and small mainly tech sector businesses, both here and in the United States. 


Sam Ramlu

Innovation Showcase: Digital Creative Story Telling 
Panellist

Sam is the Managing Director and Co-founder of Method – an award-winning creative innovations agency, and M Theory – an AR/VR studio.  She has over 20 years' experience working with New Zealand and international brands, and is a storyteller, innovator, and leader with extensive knowledge in the digital space.

Sam has successfully led, planned and implemented a range of digital, experiential and integrated campaigns for leading brands across a range of industries.  She is passionate about creating and producing experiences and stories that truly connect with audiences and sees technology as a driver and enabler in making these experiences engaging, fun and immersive.


Terry Williams-Willcock

Innovation Showcase: Digital Creative Story Telling 
Panellist

He has 20 years in digital advertising and brand communication in London digital studios + New Zealand’s top advertising agencies. He has helped define + launch brands that engage customers, and crafted messages that resonate with their audiences.Terry is the leader of our design team and helps RUSH in understanding customers and humans on a day to day basis.


Aliesha Staples

Innovation Showcase: Digital Creative Story Telling  
Panellist

Aliesha is a high-profile New Zealand producer and pioneer of AR/VR and new and emerging technologies.  She was a winner at the Hi-Tech Awards in 2017 and 2018 and won the New Zealand Business Women Leaders Award and the ITX Excellence in Digital Health Award in 2018.  

Aliesha is Founder and Director of StaplesVR, a company that has grown to cater to an international clientele, receiving multiple accolades for its work.  Aliesha is highly sought after as a producer of AR/VR content for studios and television networks including Warner Brothers, Paramount Pictures, Television New Zealand and ABC.


XIANG Xi

Innovation Showcase: Digital Creative Story Telling  
Panellist

Xi Xiang is CEO at Guangzhou Time Network Technology Co., Ltd.  He has more than 20 years’ experience in creative industries. Xi Xiang was previously Chief Editor of Southern Weekly and received the World Economic Forum Young Global Leader award in 2010.

Guangzhou Time Network Technology Co., Ltd. is a thriving creative-driven culture technology company founded by media and technical elites from Southern Weekly, Crystal CG and Atkins.  The company focuses on the AR/VR industry and promotes the development of the tourism and creative industries.


Brent Bushnell

Innovation Showcase: Digital Creative Story Telling  
Panellist

Brent Bushnell is the CEO of Two Bit Circus, an LA-based experiential entertainment company that operates a network of micro-amusement parks.  He is chairman of the non-profit Two Bit Circus Foundation which deploys STEAM-based programmes to inspire students about invention and facilitates STEAM Carnivals around the world.  Brent is a Sir Edmund Hillary Fellowship Fellow, a supporter of Clowns Without Borders and publishes on Twitter @brentbushnell.


Danny Chan

Innovation Showcase: Food, Technology and Wellbeing
Moderator

Danny is third generation New Zealand Chinese.  He is an experienced company director, with extensive accounting, finance and investment management, and education experience.  Danny holds several directorships with public companies, as well as companies associated with his private investments.  He is a member of the Auckland University Business School Advisory Board.

Danny is a member of the New Zealand China Executive Council, the Asia New Zealand Foundation, the Centre for Asia Pacific Excellence and the Confucius Institute. He lived and worked in Asia for several years and is fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese.


Conal Smith

Innovation Showcase: Food, Technology and Wellbeing
Panellist

Conal is a Wellington-based economist with interests spanning the economics of well-being, valuing intangible costs and benefits, social capital and trust, the behavioural drivers of economic outcomes, and social policy.


Maggie Chen

Innovation Showcase: Food, Technology and Wellbeing
Panellist

Maggie has been General Manager of Alpha Group Holdings Ltd since 2015.  Alpha was established in New Zealand in 1998 and produces natural health supplements.  It now has research, manufacturing, distribution and retail operations globally.  Prior to her role at Alpha, Maggie was CEO of the New Zealand Chinese Herald for 13 years.

In 2016 Alpha established a partnership with Massey University to identify and scientifically validate the potential health benefits of plants and fungi extracts common to New Zealand.  A research and development programme with Callaghan Innovation was also created to further explore the bioactive properties of various natural raw materials.


Ron Hicks

Innovation Showcase: Food, Technology and Wellbeing
Panellist
Healthtech Investment Showcase
International investor

As the Founder and CEO of HerdX, Inc., Ron has created technology that provides traceability for the meat industry.  Based in Central Texas, HerdX is a global company and the forerunner in establishing provenance across the supply chain and transparency to the consumer. Ron’s career has been filled with achievements as a serial entrepreneur and inventor of disruptive technologies.  Business Week awarded Ron the top industrial design award in medical technologies, along with other leaders throughout the world, including BMW and Ford Motor Company.  Ron is a dynamic speaker who is passionate about solving problems.


LI Chuyuan

Innovation Showcase: Food, Technology and Wellbeing
Panellist

Li Chuyuan is Chairman of Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Holdings Limited (GPHL), the largest pharmaceutical manufacturer in China.  He graduated from Sun Yat-sen University with a Bachelor of Science and an EMBA, holding a Senior Engineer and Economist Certificate.  

Li Chuyuan boasts 31 years' experience in the pharmaceutical industry including management, manufacture, sales, procurement, logistics and quality management.  He has led the group to double its sales scale in the last five years, and the sales scale of 2018 exceed RMB 116 billion.Li Chuyuan is a member of the Guangzhou Senior Economist Evaluation Committee and recipient of the National Model Worker and Top Ten Outstanding Youth in Guangzhou City awards.


Mark Franklin

Innovation Showcase: New Trends in Public/ Private Sector Data Sharing
Moderator

Mark is a passionate Aucklander with extensive commercial and governance experience, and strong networks within local and central government.  Mark has been Managing Director of Stevenson Group since 2010, and was previously founding Chief Executive of TZ1, and Chief Executive of Vector Limited.  He is a former director of KiwiRail, WEL Networks, Ultra-Fast Broadband and Auckland Chamber of Commerce, and has held directorships at Stevenson Group.


Matt Montgomery

Innovation Showcase: New Trends in Public/ Private Sector Data Sharing
Panellist

Matt has a doctorate in systems thinking, specialising in delivering beneficial change in complex systems, and 15 years' experience in the United Kingdom across a range of public, private and third sector organisations.  He came to New Zealand for the role of Head of Innovation at Auckland Council, to help the city benefit from innovation and technology in its ambition to make Auckland a world-class city.  Matt’s remit and portfolio covers a broad range of topics including the smart city, the future of food and farms in Auckland, and a globally leading drones programme.


Heidi Pease

Innovation Showcase: New Trends in Public/ Private Sector Data Sharing
Panellist

Heidi co-founded the Los Angeles Blockchain Lab, a collaboration of academia, government, enterprise, and community developing the blockchain ecosystem in Southern California.  Partners include Los Angeles City, UCLA, UCI, USC, Caltech and Panasonic.  In addition, Heidi is CEO, Proof-Of-Art, a social enterprise platform using blockchain.  She was a hand-selected participant for Richard Branson’s Blockchain Summit, where 40 global thought leaders address blockchain’s potential for social impact.  

Heidi is a frequent guest lecturer for academic institutions, executive retreats, government events and community programs.  Most recently she presented at “Blockchain Central” for the United Nations General Assembly Concordia and World Economic Forum GBBC.


Stephen Cheung

Innovation Showcase: New Trends in Public/ Private Sector Data Sharing
Panellist

Stephen is President of the World Trade Center Los Angeles (WTCLA) and Executive Vice President of the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC), leading investment attraction to the Los Angeles County region and facilitating successful location of new businesses, projects, and deals from both international and United States investors.  Prior to his current role, Stephen was the Secretary General of International Trade and Foreign Affairs for Los Angeles Mayors Eric Garcetti and Antonio Villaraigosa and was responsible for managing policies and programmes related to the Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles World Airports, International Affairs and Global Trade.


LIU Bin

Innovation Showcase: New Trends in Public/ Private Sector Data Sharing
Panellist

Bin Liu (Andy) is Vice President of PCI-Suntek Technology Co., Ltd.  He is a Doctor of Science and senior engineer, focusing on AI technology research and commercial product development.  Andy has worked at PCI-Suntek Technology Co., Ltd. since 2011 as Director of its Strategic Management Centre, Assistant President and General Manager of Security Technology.  Previously he was Vice President of Smart City Business Group.


David Downs

Healthtech Investment Showcase 
MC

David is a General Manager at New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE).  He works with the technology sector to help tech companies grow internationally and has held various roles in the Services, Customer and Corporate Services teams.

David spent 13 years at Microsoft in New Zealand and as Regional Director for South East Asia.  He has set-up and run successful businesses and is a published author on New Zealand innovation, with two highly successful books – No.8 Re-wired, and No.8 Recharged.

In March 2019, David took on a leadership role across government agencies and ministries for supercharging the New Zealand agritech sector.


Greg Shanahan

Healthtech Investment Showcase
Auckland Company

Greg is Managing Director and Co-founder of Veriphi Limited.  He has nearly 30 years' experience in technology development, operational and marketing roles in New Zealand and the United States.  Greg is also the founder of Technology Investment Network and publisher of the TIN Report, New Zealand’s leading annual quantitative report on the technology export sector.


Adam Podmore

Healthtech Investment Showcase
Auckland Company

Adam has been CEO of Objective Acuity since its formation in 2016.  He has 14 years’ experience in commercialisation, startup formation and capital raising of medical and health technologies.  Adam has previously held roles as Commercialisation Manager in Biotechnology at Auckland UniServices Limited and Business Development Consultant, Biotechnology at Investment New Zealand.  

Adam is experienced in technology commercialisation, attracting foreign direct investment into New Zealand and strategic development and trade promotion. He has an extensive network of local and international investors and medical technology companies.  Adam has led business planning, R&D planning, raising seed/venture capital and several licensing deals.


Ju Zhang

Healthtech Investment Showcase
Auckland Company

Ju is passionate about translating the latest in biomechanics and AI into clinical orthopaedics.  He has more than eight years' experience in medical image analysis, machine-learning, and biomechanics from The University of Auckland, Imperial College London, and Stanford.  Ju co-founded Formus Labs in 2016 and has driven the company forward through research and development, commercialisation, and a recent successful seed round.


Paul Tan

Healthtech Investment Showcase
Auckland Company

Dr Paul Tan has more than 20 years' experience in senior positions in the biotechnology industry.  He is Founder, Director and CEO of NZeno Limited, a New Zealand-based company committed to developing safe and compatible pig kidneys for people with kidney failure.

Previously as CEO of Living Cell Technologies Limited, Australia, he obtained regulatory approval for the world-first clinical trials of porcine cells in the treatment of human disease under current international regulations.  Dr Tan was a physician at Auckland Hospital and Associate Professor at the University of Auckland.  In 2014 he was the NZBIO-Janssen Distinguished Biotechnologist.


Iain Hosie

Healthtech Investment Showcase
Auckland Company

Iain is Founder and CEO of Revolution Fibres.  He co-founded Revolution Fibres in 2009 and has led the business since 2012, including raising capital from various VC funds.  A scientist (BSc, Biochemistry) with a background in environmental health, government policy, product development and sales, Iain is a passionate advocate for nanofibre manufacturing and its commercialisation in many sectors.  For the past five years, Iain has been deeply involved in the upscale of nanofibre production and the development of many unique nanofibre products.


Ron Hicks

Innovation Showcase: Food, Technology and Wellbeing
Panellist
Healthtech Investment Showcase
International investor

As the Founder and CEO of HerdX, Inc., Ron has created technology that provides traceability for the meat industry.  Based in Central Texas, HerdX is a global company and the forerunner in establishing provenance across the supply chain and transparency to the consumer. Ron’s career has been filled with achievements as a serial entrepreneur and inventor of disruptive technologies.  Business Week awarded Ron the top industrial design award in medical technologies, along with other leaders throughout the world, including BMW and Ford Motor Company.  Ron is a dynamic speaker who is passionate about solving problems.


Vivian Pan

Healthtech Investment Showcase
International investor

Vivian Pan is Managing Director of Guangzhou Osmunda Medical Device Technology, Inc.  She has more than 20 years’ experience in China and abroad across the investment, finance, medical equipment and medical device industries.  Vivian Pan was previously Head of Human Resources for the global marketing research firm AC Nielsen, South China.


Carmen Palafox

Healthtech Investment Showcase
International investor

Carmen is a partner at MiLA.vc, a venture capital fund that invests in pre-seed and seed-stage hardware startups across industries including food, agritech, cleantech, new materials, biotech, medical devices, mobility and aerospace.  Carmen’s focus at MiLA is coaching entrepreneurs on finance and strategic planning and managing venture fund operations.  She was formerly VP at Dimensional Fund Advisors, where she scaled operations into new markets including Latin America, Canada, and Europe. 

Carmen has an MBA from Berkeley-Haas, an MA in sports management from USF, and a BA in economics from USC.  She is on the advisory board at Santa Monica City College’s Business Department, Aura; a venture capital-backed Fintech startup, and PledgeLA.  Carmen is also an Aspen Institute Ricardo Salinas Scholar.


Peter Huynh

Healthtech Investment Showcase
International investor

Peter is a partner and co-founder of Qualgro, a venture capital firm based in Singapore, investing across Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

Qualgro invests in B2B startups at Series A and B, and Peter has led investments in spaces such as SaaS, AI, data, marketplaces and hardware.  He has helped numerous companies with international expansion and leadership development.

Peter was previously a director at Singtel Innov8, Singtel Group’s corporate venture capital fund, and co-founder of Optus-Innov8, a corporate VC investing in Australian startups.  He has also led technology M&A transactions for Singtel Group.


HU Haibo

Healthtech Investment Showcase
International investor

Hu Haibo is a partner of Infinite Capital Holding Company (ICAP), an enterprise comprised of 53 publicly traded A-share listed companies across China.  He has worked in venture capital for 10 years and has extensive experience in managing large-scale funds.

Prior to joining ICAP, Hu Haibo worked for Hella in Germany and was General Manager of Spengler Machine.  Hu Haibo has served as an investment director of venture capital institutions such as the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Venture Capital, Bank of China and Guangdong Finance Fund.  He received an MBA from Sun Yat-sen University.  


Duncan Mackintosh

Healthtech Investment Showcase
International investor

Duncan spent 18 years in technology commercialisation and business development and five years in clinical veterinary practice.  Most recently he was the Chief Executive of WaikatoLink Ltd, the commercialisation company of the University of Waikato. 

Duncan has an interest in the agritech, animal health and life science sectors, is founder of several startup ventures and has held directorships on a variety of technology companies.  He is Executive Chairman of Kea Therapeutics Ltd, Brandon’s first New Zealand investment, and is a member of the Auckland UniServices Biotech & Life Sciences Investment Committee.  Duncan has a BVSc from Massey University.


Nick Hill

Enabling Entrepreneurship – Auckland Youth, Indigenous Peoples and Business
Moderator

Nick Hill joined Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED) in the role of Chief Executive in August 2017.Nick has extensive experience across the private and public sector.  This includes the Chief Executive role with the Commerce Commission and leading the formation of Sport and Recreation New Zealand (SPARC, now known as Sport New Zealand).He also has significant experience in the energy sector, having worked 10 years with ECNZ and Fletcher Energy in New Zealand, and with Santos in Australia. Before joining ATEED, Nick was a Partner of specialist New Zealand public policy and management consulting firm Martin Jenkins – which he joined in 2011 to establish the firm’s Auckland practice.


Gael Surgenor

Enabling Entrepreneurship – Auckland Youth, Indigenous Peoples and Business
Presenter

Gael is Director of Community and Social Innovation at The Southern Initiative (TSI).  She is recognised as a leading social intrapreneur working in the public sector.  As Director of TSI, Gael has built a team of strategic doers, intrapreneurs and change-makers, working to create impactful social and economic change in south Auckland.

Before joining Auckland Council in 2012, Gael held senior roles at the Ministry of Social Development, including pioneering and leading social innovations supporting parenting behaviour change and family violence prevention campaigns.  She has a law degree from Canterbury University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Reflective Social Practice from London Metropolitan University.


Tania Pouwhare

Enabling Entrepreneurship – Auckland Youth, Indigenous Peoples and Business
Presenter

Tania (Ngāi Tūhoe) is a Social Intrapreneur for The Southern Initiative (TSI) at Auckland Council.  Her role is to support and enable social, innovation and systems change to tackle some of Auckland’s socio-economic challenges and to be a change maker inside a large bureaucracy.  Tania is leading TSI’s strategic work on economic development, including procurement.  Before joining the TSI team, Tania held strategy roles within council.  Prior to that, she worked in London for 10 years as head of policy and campaigns at a women’s rights organisation.


Jerome Faury

Enabling Entrepreneurship – Auckland Youth, Indigenous Peoples and Business
Presenter

Jerome is Group General Manager at world-leading blockchain venture studio, Centrality.  He is responsible for teams that invest in and build Web 3.0 infrastructure and applications, with a focus on delivering rich ‘digital first’ consumer experiences.

Prior to his role at Centrality, Jerome was one of the founding members of Payment Express and Executive General Manager at Orion Health.  Jerome is a board member of CentraPay, CENNZnet, Plug Performance Labs, Single Source and Belong.  During his time at Orion Health, he served on the boards of Health Informatics New Zealand, New Zealand Health IT and BizDojo.

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