Moving On Up

Matchmaking by bankers with Linda Sturgess

Why would – and how does – a bank get involved in dealing with private capital? In our final podcast in conjunction with BNZ, we meet a woman who introduces fledgling businesses with committed, long-term investors. Head of Private Capital, BNZ, Linda Sturgess tells Emile Donovan why paying it forward is a win for the bank. BNZ is a partner of Newsroom. This content is solely for information purposes. It’s not financial or other professional advice. For help, please contact BNZ or your professional adviser. No party, including BNZ, is liable for direct or indirect loss or damage resulting from the content of this article. Any opinions in this article are not necessarily shared by BNZ or anyone else.

How bankers are buying into the tech dream with Tim Wixon

The new frontier in banking is tech companies – two entities that haven’t traditionally co-existed. Today, in the third of our four-part podcast series, Emile Donovan talks to Head of Technology Industries, BNZ, Tim Wixon about betting on the future, and how to help companies with big dreams get out into the universe. BNZ is a partner of Newsroom. This content is solely for information purposes. It’s not financial or other professional advice. For help, please contact BNZ or your professional adviser. No party, including BNZ, is liable for direct or indirect loss or damage resulting from the content of this article. Any opinions in this article are not necessarily shared by BNZ or anyone else.

The titanic re-think on shipping with Jason Reeves

Welcome to the second episode of our new four-part podcast series, Moving On Up. Today, Emile Donovan talks to Head of Export Development, BNZ, Jason Reeves, about massive changes in the shipping industry, using a ‘blue highway’, and being nimble when you’re so far away from the main shipping lanes. BNZ is a partner of Newsroom. This content is solely for information purposes. It’s not financial or other professional advice. For help, please contact BNZ or your professional adviser. No party, including BNZ, is liable for direct or indirect loss or damage resulting from the content of this article. Any opinions in this article are not necessarily shared by BNZ or anyone else.

Backing the next high-fliers with Brandon Jackson

Brandon Jackson is in the business of getting in early to help sunrise industries grow, and he has seven or eight sectors in particular lined up in his sights. They are high revenue, high value sectors that are important to BNZ – and to New Zealand. They include technology industries, high net-worth migrants, Asia business, healthcare, export professionals and Māori growth businesses. In the first of our four part series, Emile Donovan talks to BNZ’s general-manager of growth sectors, Brandon Jackson, about the visionaries, the dreamers, the schemers and picking the industries that are going to fly the highest. BNZ is a partner of Newsroom. This content is solely for information purposes. It’s not financial or other professional advice. For help, please contact BNZ or your professional adviser. No party, including BNZ, is liable for direct or indirect loss or damage resulting from the content of this article. Any opinions in this article are not necessarily shared by BNZ or anyone else.