Webinar: Kerridge Leadership Conversations, Sacha McMeeking

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Sacha McMeeking

Head of School, Aotahi - School of Māori and Indigenous Studies

Sacha has a LLM Honours and brings a serial entrepreneur’s approach to working with and for Iwi Māori. From instigating United Nations proceedings to architecting a Māori social enterprise fund and leading commercial negotiations, she is known for solution-building that meets Iwi Māori aspirations. As the General Manager of Strategy and Influence with Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, Sacha was responsible for government relations, public policy, strategic planning, stakeholder engagement and inter-Iwi collaboration which included commercial opportunities.

In 2010, Sacha was awarded the Fulbright Harkness Fellowship for emerging and established leaders, which she used to develop kaupapa Māori asset management and tribal development tools (available at www.kaupapa.org). Until mid 2015, Sacha was the director of a boutique consultancy working with Iwi Māori in strategy development, kaupapa Māori asset management and innovation. In this capacity, she was a member of the establishment team for Te Pūtahitanga. Sacha was appointed head of Aotahi, the School of Māori and Indigenous Studies at the University of Canterbury in mid-2015.

Nick Edlin

Partner

Nick is a Partner in the executive search practice at Kerridge & Partners. He specialises in chief executive and senior executive roles and works across a range of sectors. His experience is diverse and includes leading searches to appoint chief executives in many areas of the economy including transport, infrastructure, health, and professional services. At executive level, Nick regularly works with some of New Zealand’s leading businesses and public sector organisations and has particular interest in the intersection of government and business.

Renisa Peterson

Consultant

Renisa is a senior consultant with Kerridge & Partners, specialising in both executive search and governance. She has worked predominantly with clients from the public, not-for-profit, and arts and culture sectors. She has led numerous searches within these sectors, including for CEO appointments and several board chair and non-executive director appointments. Renisa enjoys bringing a warm, empathetic stakeholder engagement style to her connections with clients and candidates alike. She also has a particular focus on diversity and inclusion in her assignments and searches.