Our speakers

Natalie Lingwood

Partner
Slush HQ

Tory Whanau

Mayor
Wellington City

Lambrini Phillips

Wellington Coordinator
Young Enterprise Trust

Stephanie Benseman

Principal / Founder
Icehouse Ventures / Benny

Mason Bleakley

Principal
Icehouse Ventures

Mario Wynands

CEO
PikPok

Frances Shoemack

Founder & CEO
Abel Fragrance

Ciaran Jack

Founder
Obvious Brand Partners

Kat Lintott

Co-Founder
Wrestler / Rewiring Aotearoa

Sonya Williams

Co-CEO / Co-Founder
Sharesies

Luke Sinclair

Founder
FTN Motion

Kendall Bristow

Founder
FTN Motion

Dr. Andrew Chen

Venture Partners
Matu Group

Dr. Kathleen Lucere

Investment Associate
Even Capital

Christine Luiten

Co-Host
Creative Mornings

Pascale Hyboud-Peron

Founder & GM
StandTall

Nedra Fu

GM, School of Innovation
Creative HQ

Camille Hunt

Startup Consultant
Volition

Julie Long-Lay

Auditor
Crowe

Andrea Lai

Manager
Findex

Crew

Vivita

Essi Airisniemi

General Manager
Obvious Brand Partners

Jos Ruffell

Co-Founder
Garage Project

Keaton Ennis

Founder
Perfect Circle

Ash Holwell

Founder
Twofiftyseven

Monique Kaminski

CEO / Founder
Jeuneora

Emily Blythe

CEO / Founder
Pyper Vision

Samantha Gadd

Founder
Excellent / Humankind

Millie McKelvie

Senior Associate
Movac

Claudia Batten

Co-Founder
Broadli

Jessie Wong

Founder / Director
Yu Mei

Sneha Chatterjee

Venture Analyst
Fonterra

Jack Candish

Founder
Verdure

Alex Matthews

Founder
Xequals

Tui Te Hau

Founder
Bird Island

Daniel Kilmister

Business Development Lead
Zeil

Pearl Philavong

Innovation Specialist
Creative HQ

Jacksen Love

Co-Founder
Flamingo

Johnson Witehira

Co-Founder
IDIA

Narida Hooper

Owner
He Putiputi

Andrew Hillstead

Founder & Creative Director
Psychoactive Studios