Next Monday's Speaker is Glen Sowry
Next Monday's speaker is Glen Sowry, who is the CEO of Housing New Zealand.
Next Monday’s speaker is Glen Sowry, CEO of Housing New Zealand, whose core role is to provide safe, warm, and dry rental homes for people in the greatest need for as long as required. It is also New Zealand's largest landlord managing nearly 70,000 rental properties, housing over 200,000 people and has $15.1 billion portfolio, making it the government's second largest asset. Prior to this Glen had a long sailing career, from Sir Peter Blake's 1985/86 Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race onboard Lion NZ, to the victorious Steinlager 2, helmed the backup boat for the NZ Challenge for the 1991/92 America's Cup and was watch captain for the 1993/94 Whitbread onboard NZ Endeavour, as well as co-authoring two bestselling Whitbread books. Since transitioning into business, Glen has managed public affairs for Telecom, TVNZ and Air NZ; served on Yachting NZ’s High Performance Committee, was a 2004 Athens Olympic Games selector and 2000 NZ Olympic Sailing Team member. Glen then transitioned into senior general management roles at Air NZ before moving to Housing NZ.