Chris Jackson

Chair

Chris is an experienced independent business transformation adviser and program director with deep experience in change management.

Chris has international experience and has a history of success in building delivery capability across multiple markets in Asia, New Zealand and Australia for significant organisations including AIA, AIG, AXA and Manulife.

Chris also holds a University qualification in Business Administration and ran his own advisory company from 1995 until 2017.

Chris’s experience is predominantly within the financial services sector locally and internationally and he has also undertaken successful assignments in the Public Sector, SMEs and in the energy industry.

Currently, Chris Chairs 2 Advisory Boards and, until recently, was a director of Lone Star Farms Limited, Nelson Regional Development Agency and Shadow Management Limited. Chris also was Chair of the Sir Edmund Hilary Outdoor Pursuits Centre.

Outside of business interests Chris is actively involved in community based organisations and participates in numerous outdoor activities.

Jack Penman

Founder & Trustee

Jack established the Trust in 2019 and has set our culture of fun, transparency, inclusiveness and continuous improvement.

Jack has an innate understanding and respect in our markets, terrific vision and energy, and of course creative genius.

He is the "owner" and keeper of the Trust's principles which are centred around social impact enabling and encouraging students of all walks of life into science and engineering, and environmentally friendly design, materials, construction and use.

Jack recently attended TEDx as a speaker, you can view his talk by clicking the button below.

Sally Jackson MNZM JP

Trustee

Sally has had a long career in education with a particular focus on children and young people who need extra support to learn.

Sally worked as a speech-language therapist, a teacher, an education reviewer and most recently in the Ministry of Education at a senior level.

Sally is currently studying for a Ph.D at Massey University.

John Lewis

Founding Trustee

John has deep experience in direct marketing and advertising as the owner of successful agency Siren Communications, and as a board member of the Direct Marketing Association.

Prior to setting up Siren Communications he was contracted to a number of organisations to launch direct marketing strategies including the New Zealand Retail Merchants Association and Kids Corp, clothing manufacturers. He was previously employed as a specialist direct marketing expert for Perception Advertising.

He developed a passion and expertise for political advertising, running a unique and successful campaign for Wellington mayoral hopeful Mark Blumsky (then designed and ran his campaign “Wellington Alive” which went on to win the New Zealand “Advertising Effectiveness Award” in 1996); Winston Peters to run his early campaign, and latterly two successful mayoral campaigns for K Gurunathan.

John now runs his own business in Kapiti and maintains a strong interest in direct marketing and social media.

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