Rowan Simpson

Rowan Simpson joined the board in 2018. He is also a board member at HPSNZ and Winter Games NZ.

Rowan is a founder of and investor in multiple successful high-growth New Zealand technology businesses. He was part of the founding team at Trade Me and led the software development team as the business grew to become an iconic Kiwi brand. He was a pre-IPO investor in Xero, and part of the executive team.

He continues to work closely as both an investor in and advisor to a new wave of early-stage ventures, including Vend, Timely and others.