New Zealand Growth Capital Partners - Director role

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New Zealand Growth Capital Partners - Director role

Location : Wellington, NZ, 6011

About New Zealand Growth Capital Partners

New Zealand Growth Capital Partners Limited (NZGCP) was established in 2002 under the Companies Act 1993, to build a vibrant early‑stage investment market in New Zealand.

The objective of NZGCP is to stimulate a well‑functioning capital market for early‑stage technology companies. NZGCP is responsible for two investment vehicles; the Aspire NZ Seed Fund (Aspire Fund) and the Elevate NZ Venture Fund (Elevate Fund), which are designed to stimulate private investment into this space through co‑investment and fund of funds models.

Specific skills and experience sought

The Minister is seeking candidates who can provide the following specialist skills, experience and attributes :

• A genuine interest in developing New Zealand’s early‑stage investment market and helping early‑stage companies grow.
• A depth and breadth of governance experience.
• Ability to assess the strategic financial performance of an organisation at the governance level, including evaluating spending and investment opportunities and decisions.
• Knowledge of capital programmes, asset management and assessing value for money.
• Business, commercial and financial acumen, ideally as Chartered Accountant or prior CFO experience.
• Audit and risk experience, preferably in audit and risk committee Chair roles.

Applicants must have the legal right to work in New Zealand.

Director responsibilities

The Public Service Commission’s guidance sets out that a Crown entity director should :

Time commitment and remuneration

Fees for the Board are set by the Treasury Crown Company Fees Methodology. Directors are paid a fee of $38,070 per annum based on approximately 30 days per year.

Please note that applications close 9 December at 11.59pm.

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