Teō Haka
Centre for
growth &
innovation

Mentors

Debra Hall
Independent Director, Mentor & Adviser
Andy Blackburn
Director of Ideas Accelerator
Molly Yang
Investment Manager at NZ Growth Capital Partners
Steffen Merten
Principal Solutions Architect at AWS
Atin Batra
Founder & General Partner at Twenty Seven Ventures
Cortilia Lin
Co-Founder of Kyalio
Casey Orr
Solutions Architect at AWS
Sian Priest
General Manager of Innovation Bay
Duco van Breemen
General Manager of Haymarket HQ
Sheana Chen
VP, General Counsel of Diodes Incorporated
Songyi Lee
Partner of Weave / TheVentures
Charlie Tomlinson
CEO of EdPotential
Emily Heazlewood
Director of Growth and Partnerships at Snowball Effect
Brad Deveson
Principal at Falling Cats Consulting
Rollo Wenlock
Founder at Wipster
David Oliver
Business Owner at Orienz
Tip Piumsomboon
Principal at Blackbird Ventures
Ricardo Wang
Deputy Director of Land Transport Authority of Singapore
Philip Bale III
CTO at Waker.com, Shef.com, Palantir
Jeffrey Paine
Managing Partner of Golden Gate Ventures
Vishal Chaddha
Venture Partner of Xelp
Amarit Charoenphan
ASEAN Director of Impact Collective
Adrien Gheur
Founding Partner of Nuance Ventures
Scott Miller
Entrepreneur/Investor at Scott's Add-ins and Queen City Angels
Andy Sack
Partner at Founder's Co-op
Aaron Bird
Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
West Stringfellow
Founder & CEO at HowDo
Shiva Susarla
Managing Director at RENERGii Asia
Marco Morawec
Advisor/Founder of Currently 2U
Benson Kawengian
Owner & CEO of Datra Group (PT Datra Internusa)
Brian Ko
Managing Director of Wigram Health Limited (t/a WeCare Health)
Keith Coleman
VP Product at Twitter
Vanessa Coleman
CEO Oceanworks
Taisuke Alex Odajima
CEO of Edge of Innovation
Michelle Polglase
Digital strategist at MindsetLab Co.
Sheralee MacDonald
Commercialisation and Project Management
Nicky Wagner
Director and Business Consultant
Dr Samuel Yu
Tech Investor & Board Advisor at Skyhigh Advisory and Matu Fund
Maria Jose Alvarez
Investment Manager at NZGCP
Sandra Carrico
VP of Engineering at Anthem
Laura Faulconer
Portfolio Director at Antler
Jason Bass
Director of Sales & Distribution at Stoup Brewing
Susie Pan
Product Lead, Coach, Business Consultant at Susie Pan Co
Kenny Lau
Investment Manager at New Zealand Trade & Enterprise
Suk Yin Cecily Mak
Chief Financial Officer at TNG FinTech Group Inc.
Rachel Triplow
Founder of aRc Legal
Philip Royds
Founder / Director of Link Engine Management Ltd.
Josh Hobbs
Innovation Ventures Lead of Computer Concepts Limited
Michelle Allbon
Advisor at MA Advisory
Bryan Ventura
Senior Associate at MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Edmund Barker
Manager / insurance broker of Partridge Advisory
Mark Bregman
General Partner of Quidnet Ventures
Satya Kumar Dontamsetti
Director of Shri Shakti Alternative Energy