The opportunity to hear seven of New Zealand’s leading global business thinkers event was a great success.

This series of short, powerful presentations from World Class New Zealanders offered valuable leadership, business insights and inspiration for entrepreneurs, students, corporates, managers and business owners.

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World Class New Zealand Presenters
Mark D’Arcy: when Time Warner appointed Mark to the newly-created position of Chief Creative Officer, it was to inject more creativity into the services they provide to many of the world’s largest brands. With numerous creative awards and accolades for his work in the US and internationally, Mark’s success has seen him rise to President of Time Warner’s Global Media Group.

Josh Emett: this Michelin-star chef has spent nearly ten years working with Gordon Ramsay and, until recently, managed Ramsay’s US culinary operations. Now Josh is tasked with expanding Ramsey’s empire to Australia and developing his own Chef de Cuisine TV series.

Dr Kerry Spackman: a world-leading neuroscientist in the field of sports coaching, Kerry has worked with Formula One champions, All Blacks and other elite athletes in sports where the difference between winning and losing is often attitude and mental skills. Through his company, The Winners Institute, and best-selling book, ‘The Winners Bible’, Kerry is now applying his skills to help businesses succeed.

Ray Avery: from his childhood as an orphan in London to being named 2010 New Zealander of the Year, Ray has proven himself as a scientist, investor and entrepreneur with a passion for developing solutions to combat global poverty and health issues. Craig Nevill-Manning: putting his Waikato PhD to good use, Craig invented the technology which drives Google’s Froogle. Originally turning down Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Craig later joined Google as Engineering Director and founded the company’s first remote centre in New York. With his wife in a senior role at Facebook, Craig truly knows the power of the web.

Jeremy Moon: as founder of the iconic Icebreaker brand, Jeremy passionately believes that design is the key to unlocking New Zealand’s future business potential. With Icebreaker’s pure merino wool products sold in over 2000 stores across 24 countries, they are a perfect illustration of what a New Zealand business can achieve.

Katherine Corich: a recent finalist for Entrepreneur of the Year at the British Business Awards, Katherine’s company Sysdoc has become a global success. UK sales grew over 40% last year and the company now has offices in Wellington, Auckland, Sydney, London and California.