The Centre for Strategic Philanthropy is a place for givers with a strategic or business-like approach to meet, to share, to learn, and to find opportunities to act. We support private, often family, givers to increase their impact in New Zealand through sharing resources, connections, knowledge and experience - https://www.cspnz.org.nz.

Biome Trust is rewilding resources by committing its endowment to planetary health and regeneration - https://biometrust.earth.

NEXT Foundation (www.nextfoundation.org.nz) was a 10 year spend-down philanthropic foundation, strategically investing $100m into transformational environmental and educational projects in New Zealand. NEXT's mission was to create a legacy of environmental and educational excellence for the benefit of future generations of New Zealanders. The projects we supported are aspirational, ambitious, large in scale, wide in impact, and delivering a meaningful and measurable philanthropic return. You can see those at www.nextfoundation.org.nz/projects. Personal specialties: NZ philanthropic and private company investment. People with a sense of humour or an interest in sport. Making mistakes as a parent.

EHF’s mission is to incubate solutions to global problems from New Zealand, and make a lasting positive impact on the world. The Edmund Hillary Fellowship found, selected, and supports visionary entrepreneurs, investors and startup teams to create scalable, and positive, global impact from New Zealand.It works with Immigration New Zealand to deliver the Global Impact Visa - one of the most entrepreneur-friendly visas in the world, and the first to be oriented around impact. International candidates accepted into EHF can apply for a Global Impact Visa, a three-year open work visa with a path to residence.www.ehf.org Watch the EHF introductory video: http://bit.ly/EHFLaunch

Direct Capital is NZ's most experienced private company investor - www.directcapital.co.nz. I am a Founder and was an Investment Director. Direct Capital IV ($325m) makes investments of $10-50m into successful privately owned Australasian companies - in expansion capital, buyout or pre-IPO situations. Direct Capital has made more than 60 private company investments and I led a number of them. I also co-founded food, health and agriculture focused investment fund BioPacificVentures ("BPV") in 2005, and am Chairman of the BPV Investment Committee.NZP is a biopharmaceutical manufacturer, specialising in bile acids and glycopharmaceuticals.Fishpond is Australasia's largest online bookstore - www.fishpond.co.nz and www.fishpond.com.au.Transaction Services provides comprehensive third party billing services for more than 2,000 clients and 500,000 customers of those clients, particularly in gyms and health clubs - www.debitsuccess.co.nz and www.debitsuccess.com.au. PF Olsen is a leading independent provider of forestry services in New Zealand and Australia - www.pfolsen.com.Climate provides pre-finished building material solutions, primarily through powder coating of wood products - www.climatesurfaces.com.

Ryman Healthcare is the leading provider of healthcare facilities for the elderly in New Zealand - see www.rymanhealthcare.co.nz.EziBuy is one of Australasia's largest 'multichannel' retailers with 11 catalogues per annum covering all clothing categories, plus Christmas gifts and houseware - see www.ezibuy.co.nz.PC Direct manufactured, distributed and supported personal computers under its own brand in New Zealand.Robinhood is a manufacturer and distributor of Robinhood branded rangehoods, supertubs and ironing centres for the New Zealand and international markets - see www.robinhood.co.nz.Rissington Breedline is a NZ genetics company focused on developing an integrated supply chain for high quality lamb and beef - see www.rissington.com.Wool Equities produced keratin products from wool for personal care, wound healing, and nutraceuticals.The TAB is NZ's betting agency for horseracing, greyhound racing, and sports - see www.tab.co.nz.