Gearing Up: Leading your Kiwi Business into the Future

After a highly successful business career, David Irving retired as chief executive officer and area director Australasia, Heinz Wattie in 1997. He was co-founder of The Icehouse Business Growth Centre and has held many governance roles in New Zealand corporate and SMEs, including chairman of Prolife Foods for twelve years. In 2014 David co-founded the very successful community leadership development centre in the Waikato, CELF. David currently is adjunct professor in the University of Waikato Management School. Darl Kolb is professor at the University of Auckland Graduate School of Management. Darl has been a visiting fellow at the University of Sydney and the University of Cambridge. As an award-winning teacher, Darl leads a core course in the GSM's international Masters of Management programme and serves as an academic facilitator for business growth programmes at The Icehouse. Deborah Shepherd is a senior lecturer in the Management and International Business Department in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Auckland. She currently teaches entrepreneurship. She is part of the directing team for The Icehouse Business Growth Programmes and facilitator on the Owner Manager Programme. Deborah's consultancy work is with SMEs, family businesses, and social enterprises. Christine Woods is associate professor in entrepreneurship and innovation in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Her teaching background is in entrepreneurship at undergraduate and masters level, and Maori entrepreneurship, a component of the Postgraduate Diploma in Business in Maori Development. She is also a life fellow at Clare Hall, Cambridge. Chris is part of the directing team for The Icehouse Business Growth Programmes and facilitator on the Owner Manager Programme. Her consultancy work is with SMEs, family businesses, and social enterprises. She is also a founding director of Maori Maps (www.maorimaps.com).