Sam has held senior positions in major banks in both Australia and New Zealand and has extensive experience in strategy, marketing, organisational capability building, and private and public sector governance.

Sam is perhaps best known for his role in establishing Kiwibank and subsequently leading the company over ten years through its transition from start-up to a large successful business.

Sam has recently taken up a number of governance roles in growth businesses with a technology focus. These roles include Chairman of the Governments ICT Council and Fingertapps and as a Director of Magritek, PartnersLife, Rangatira and Trustpower.

One of New Zealand's leading technology entrepreneurs, Rod is a member of the New Zealand Hi-Tech Hall of Fame, NZ Hi-Tech Entrepreneur of the Year in 2006 and 2007, World Class New Zealander for ICT in 2008 and an Honorary Fellow of the NZ Computer Society.

Rod is a member of Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Commerce Advisory Board.

Craig Elliott co-founded and is CEO of Pertino Networks, a cloud networking software company based in Silicon Valley. He is also a Strategic Advisor at NZTE in respect to Angel, VC and PE markets, helping guide New Zealand high growth technology companies to enter markets in the US.

Craig is a previous CEO of Packeteer, taking the company from three people to IPO, spent ten years at Apple in senior product, marketing and GM roles, and has written several bestselling books.

Sam started his career at Deloitte Consulting and is best known for founding online auction website Trade Me which, in 2006, sold for $750 million. Sam is also a director of ASX-listed Fairfax Media (Australia) and now NZX-listed Trade Me. 

Sam is an active investor and philanthropist. Sam's holdings include a number of other successful web businesses including Visfleet and Sonar6.

Graham is a chartered accountant with over 30 years experience in business. A member of a number of corporate, statutory and not-for-profit boards, Graham also works in an advisory role with Boards and their senior management to assist them to enhance their performance. 

Graham spent 10 years with KPMG primarily as an advisor to businesses. He then joined Works Infrastructure where he held a number of finance roles before being appointed Chief Executive, leading the company to substantial growth and successful expansion into Australia. Graham has also been CEO of Kensington Swan, one of New Zealand's national law firms. He remains a representative of Downer New Zealand (formerly Works Infrastructure) and is Chair of the Chartered Professional Engineers Council.

Graham is a Member of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Institute of Directors in New Zealand, a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management and a Companion of the Institution of Professional Engineers of New Zealand.