Neil considers good Governance to be about listening to senior management, understanding the drivers of their business market place, opportunities and also their challenges.
Neil brings a lifetime of experience in managing successful businesses gained in his career in the agricultural, farming commercial, property and forestry sectors in New Zealand and Australia. The past twenty years have been spent in the property sector in New Zealand at CEO level and this has included founding, developing and owning a leading edge property consultancy for eighteen years.
Neil remains a subject matter expert in the property arena, able to offer a unique mix of skills which includes corporate governance, leadership, commercial acumen and an unparalleled breadth of knowledge of the property sector in New Zealand.
Neil has a strong background as a CEO and as a business consultant and is a skilled marketer with an excellent grasp of successfully growing markets and businesses. He embraces the opportunity to work with Boards and senior management to reposition and re-engineer businesses. A very practical approach, coupled with a real ability to manage relationships and people, has been at the core of his personal success.