Next Monday’s speaker is Ross Blackman, who is currently the Director of BlackGold, a partnership between Sport NZ, High Performance Sport NZ and the NZ Olympic Committee, to source philanthropic funding for the Rio Olympics. Ross is also an Advisor to the Sir Peter Blake Trust, having just retired after nine years as a Trustee. Prior to this Ross helped create Team NZ, with Sir Peter Blake, during the nineties, when we won the America’s Cup, going on to be the Chief Executive responsible for all commercial activities at Team NZ from 2003 to 2007. Outside of his sporting associated activities, Ross is the current Chair for Far North Holdings Limited, a council owned company managing $55 million in assets for the Far North District Council.
Next Monday’s speaker is Ross Blackman, who is currently the Director of BlackGold, a partnership between Sport NZ, High Performance Sport NZ and the NZ Olympic Committee, to source philanthropic funding for the Rio Olympics. Ross is also an Advisor to the Sir Peter Blake Trust, having just retired after nine years as a Trustee. Prior to this Ross helped create Team NZ, with Sir Peter Blake, during the nineties, when we won the America’s Cup, going on to be the Chief Executive responsible for all commercial activities at Team NZ from 2003 to 2007. Outside of his sporting associated activities, Ross is the current Chair for Far North Holdings Limited, a council owned company managing $55 million in assets for the Far North District Council.