ABOUT INSTITUTE BOARD & PRINCIPALS

Executive Trustee :

Mark Prain

A graduate of Toi Whakaari (Wellington - 1978), New Zealand’s premier Theatre Arts academy, Mark spent 15 years as a professional actor, director, playwright and opera singer. He then spent much of the next 15 working in NZ and the USA on Sustainable Leadership. After five years with Greenpeace (1990-94), he became Executive Director of not for profit Sustainable Cities (1995-2000) and then of the “Redesigning Resources Business Leadership Group” (2000-04). He is the author of two books on sustainable best practice (2002 & 2004), and wrote a national column on the subject for the Business Monthly from 1996-2005.

Beyond his current international role as Executive Director of the Hillary Institute of International Leadership (2006-), Mark is Director of Maven Ltd., a strategic consultancy focused on social entrepreneurship based in NZ. He is also an associate director of Professional Arts Services and NEXT Carbon and the ED of Untouched World’s Charitable Foundation. Mark is widely-regarded as an independent thinker and partnership-broker.