GUARDIANS - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Trustee
- Company Director of Auckland
- Company Director, Auckland. Husband, Father and Passionate Outdoorsman
Aotearoa New Zealand is more than just a place to live, for me it is a refuge that still allows us, her guardians, to readily connect with real things - the air, the land, the water, the wildlife. Access to these natural resources is both a right and a necessity; we care most for those things that nourish us, physically as well as spiritually. If we lose that connection we lose a little bit of what it is to be human, our hearts grow hard and our souls weary. I would contend that truly connecting to the land and seas by being out there, gathering kai and sustaining our families with it, is the highest expression of what it is to be part of the land, to be a New Zealander and she needs our help, more than ever.
Job Titles:
- Secretary
- Trustee
- Company Director of Auckland
Luke lives with his young family in Auckland where he is a Chartered Accountant and Director of Kingstone and Associates, a chartered accountancy and business advisory firm. Having spent a lifetime on the water as a sailor, fisherman and diver, Luke wants to ensure his children have the same enjoyable experiences he had growing up fishing and gathering kaimoana. The Guardians of the Sea Charitable Trust's mantra of "More fish in the Water" resonates with Luke, as having a more abundant and sustainable fishery resource benefits all New Zealanders and future generations.
Job Titles:
- Trustee
- Company Director of Auckland
Job Titles:
- Trustee
- Retired Company Director
Job Titles:
- Trustee
- Retired Company Director
Tom lives in Auckland with his wife Tory. They have three grown children.
"I have been fortunate to enjoy a lifetime in the outdoors primarily fishing and shooting. As a trustee of GOTS it gives me an opportunity to put something back into the sport and environment that has given me so much pleasure over the years".
Tom retired in 2019 as a Financial Adviser and Director of Canopy Group Ltd. Tom has chaired the Trust over recent years and his broad experience in business and background as a Chartered Accountant (retired) provides compliance and governance expertise to GOTS.