Finding the right funding to fix our massive infrastructure gap will be key to ensuring a sustainable water future. Tonkin + Taylor senior water resources consultant and Stormwater Group committee member, Brad Tiller is facilitating a keynote panel discussion at the Stormwater Conference delving into how we can enable investment through sustainable finance
The panel will talk investing, non-public finance, impact finance, debt, public-private partnerships, green bonds, sustainable finance and infrastructure delivery to benefit our communities.
Is Aotearoa New Zealand courageous to be financially innovative?
Helmut Karewa Modlik
Tumu Whakarae – CEO – Te Rūnanga O Toa Rangatira
Helmut is an experienced director, executive, and consultant with specialist skills in implementation and change management, business, and economic development (including new venture identification, planning, and establishment), strategic analysis and planning, public policy, and finance. Helmut has extensive consulting experience in a wide range of private and public sectors (particularly health) including appointment to the boards of PHARMAC, Capital & Coast District Health Board, Health Information Standards Organisation, and Health Information Strategy Action Committee.
Sam Stubbs
Co-founder of Simplicity
Sam Stubbs is the co-founder of Simplicity, one of NZ’s fastest growing KiwiSaver plans. Simplicity is a nonprofit KiwiSaver and Fund Manager that gives 15% of all fees to charity and invests with a conscience.
Sam was previously CEO of Tower Investments. He was MD of Hanover Group and worked for Goldman Sachs in London and Hong Kong. He has also worked for NatWest Markets, Fay, Richwhite and IBM.
Sam has an MA (Hons) in Politics from the University of Auckland.
Sam is a father of 4 children, and has no time for any hobbies! He dreams of Simplicity and sailing around the world.
David Hall
Climate Policy Director – Toha and Rewiring Aotearoa
Dr David Hall is Climate Policy Director at Toha and Rewiring Aotearoa, and Senior Lecturer in Climate Action at AUT University’s School of Social Sciences & Public Policy. He has worked extensively with communities, iwi, businesses, and local and central government on climate action, with a particular focus on land use, energy innovation, policy design and sustainable finance.
Tonia Haskell
Chief Executive – Wellington Water
Tonia is the Chief Executive of Wellington Water and is responsible for the company’s overall leadership, management, performance, and service delivery. Tonia is also responsible for progress towards the company’s strategic goals, which are set with the Senior Leadership Team, the Board of Directors and the Water Committee made up of our client councils.
Tonia has been an experienced senior executive in a number of infrastructure industries, including telecommunications and public transport.
Tonia lives in Hataitai with her family. She’s passionate about Wellington and the region and has always been a strong advocate for the people that work hard building, maintaining and operating the networks that keep our region humming.
