Experience

BlinkPay

• New Zealand
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Observer

  • Dec 2022 - Present

  Leveraging open banking, BlinkPay’s ecommerce and bill payment solutions make payments easy.



Snowball Effect

• New Zealand
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director, Growth Capital

  • Jun 2021 - Present

  Snowball Effect is New Zealand's leading online investment marketplace. We’re on a mission to simplify investment into high growth Kiwi companies. Snowball Effect facilitates public offers, private offers, and wholesale investor offers. Since launching in August 2014 we have raised over $140m for a diverse range of kiwi growth companies



Edmund Hillary Fellowship (EHF)

• New Zealand
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• EHF Fellow

  • Oct 2020 - Present

  New Zealand The EHF mission is to incubate solutions to global problems from Aotearoa New Zealand, and make a lasting positive impact on the world. It brings together some of the most globally connected and forward thinking entrepreneurs and investors in the world.



Blue Ventures

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Co-founder and advisor

  • 2001 - 2023

  I co-founded this award winning marine conservation organisation, was a trustee and the subsequently sat on the advisory board.



Drink Happy

• Founder

  • 2020 - 2022

  We created NZ's newest drink boxes to help people discover healthier drinks choices from independent crafters, to get them switching to better. Curated boxes and drinks could be bought one-time or subscribed to be delivered monthly.



Little Yellow Bird Ltd

• New Zealand
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Non Executive Director

  • Apr 2020 - Jun 2021



Joyful

• MD Australia/NZ

  • Apr 2018 - Mar 2020

  New Zealand/Australia Joyful is a leading charity website and fundraising software platform and was acquired by The Access Group in April 2019. I established, launched and grew the Australia and NZ businesses to >$1m in SaaS recurring revenue within 1 year. Joyful launched its software-as-a-service product in the UK in 2015, and has since grown to power the websites for over 800 top charities to create impact and boost income by millions of pounds.



Just Blend

• Co-founder

  • Jun 2016 - Nov 2019

  Tauranga, New Zealand Just Blend supplied innovative nutritionally balanced, pre-portioned, frozen, wholefood ingredients for smoothies and cocktails to the retail and wholesale markets.



Gnewt by Menzies Distribution

• Founder & CEO (inception to acquisition)

  • Jan 2008 - Feb 2018

  London, United Kingdom Gnewt, a fully green and electric logistics business, grown from nothing to a fleet of >100 electric vehicles, acquired by Menzies Distribution, part of John Menzies Plc, in August 2017.



Feedpack

• Co-Founder

  • Jun 2013 - Nov 2017

  London, United Kingdom Feedpack was a way for consumers to give feedback quickly and easily to businesses via their smartphone.



BNY Mellon

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate trainee

  • 2006 - 2008

  Analyst and institutional sales