People

3rd July 2025

Michael Fox

Michael Fox is Head of Global Public Affairs at Zespri International. He leads Zespri’s global public, political and regulatory engagement, advocacy and trade strategy as well as its communications, and community investment programme and key… Read More

30th June 2025

Chris Metcalfe

Chris Metcalfe has dedicated over a decade to New Zealand Trade & Enterprise (NZTE), the country’s Trade Development Agency. In June 2025, he assumed the role of Regional… Read More

26th November 2024

Mahara Inglis

Mahara is the CEO of MitoQ – a New Zealand based consumer health company and global leader in cellular health for longevity and healthy aging. MitoQ has a long history of developing pioneering products to… Read More

14th October 2024

Paul Chin*

Paul has a background in corporate governance, general management, project management, and technical experience across the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors. As the technical director and co-owner of his own company he offers experience in… Read More

22nd July 2024

Bede Corry*

Chief Executive and Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade Bede Corry is the Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Chief Executive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, a role he has had… Read More

4th July 2024

Sarah Ottrey*

Sarah was appointed to the Christchurch Airport Board of Directors in March 2019 and became Chair in October 2023.  … Read More

31st May 2024

Stuart McKinnon

Stuart is currently Managing Director Institutional NZ at ANZ Bank. The institutional business looks after ANZ’s relationships with large corporate and institutional clients and provides the bank’s customers with specialised markets, transactional and financing solutions. Read More

30th April 2024

Wendy Matthews

Wendy Matthews is the Divisional Manager of the North Asia Division of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Wendy is a career diplomat, with previous postings to Ha Noi as Ambassador (2016-2020), New… Read More

15th April 2024

Nathan Flowerday*

Nathan Flowerday came from a farming and kiwifruit orchard background. After graduating from Massey University, Nathan spent several years as a Rural Bank Manager in the Bay of Plenty before joining Investment Managers (London) as… Read More

12th April 2024

Andrew Holmes*

Andrew is the CEO and Senior Partner of PwC New Zealand. He was Managing Partner of PwC New Zealand’s Risk Services practice and the PwC Asia Pacific Data Assurance Leader. In these roles, and in… Read More

11th December 2023

Richard Pollock

Richard joined the New Zealand Māori Tourism (NZMT) waka in September 2022, and assumed the role of Chief Policy Adviser. The former public servant has recently returned from living in Suzhou, China, where he supported… Read More

11th December 2023

John Cochrane*

John Cochrane is the Managing Director of Facteon Group, a wholly owned Haier subsidiary that produces bespoke factory production machinery for global manufacturers. John is also the Chairman of the New Zealand China Trade Association,… Read More

11th December 2023

Next Generation – Alexandra Badley

Alex is a seasoned professional, currently specialising in governance, risk, and architecture within Spark New Zealand’s cyber defence team, leveraging over 7 years of experience in the telecommunications and technology industry. She not only… Read More

23rd June 2023

Antonia Watson*

CEO of ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited BCom (Hons)  Antonia is Group Executive & CEO of ANZ New Zealand. Prior to this she held roles as Managing Director of ANZ’s Retail and Business Banking business… Read More

13th April 2023

Ray Smith*

Ray Smith is Director-General at the New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), based in Wellington. He leads a team of over 3,500 people across 70 locations in New Zealand and around the world. MPI… Read More