The Angels Association of New Zealand held its annual summit last week. Matū was well represented with Greg Sitters, Ken Erskine, and Andrew Chen from the staff team attending, as well as Dana McKenzie and Suse Reynolds from our Investment Committee, and Bridget Unsworth from the Commercial Advisory Board.

A big congratulations to our good friend Katherine Sandford for winning the Puawaitanga Award for her leadership and support as the investor-director chair of UBCO, a Tauranga-based company developing and selling electric motor bikes.

Scott Gilmour was recognised as Arch Angel for 2019, having been a critical and foundational part of the ICE Angels and broader NZ angel community. Suse Reynolds was surprised with the Kotahitanga Award for building unity and developing a shared sense of working together, building and strengthening the angel community into something much bigger. She has been a leader in the early-stage angel investment and start-up ecosystem for over a decade, and we are very happy that her efforts have been recognised.

Read more here: https://www.angelassociation.co.nz/angel-awards-announced-suse-reynolds-katherine-sandford-and-tim-allan-recognised/ and https://www.angelassociation.co.nz/scott-gilmour-named-new-zealand-arch-angel-2019/