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 developing work in NZ and the USA on Sustainable Leadership. After five years with Greenpeace (1990-94), he became Executive Director of 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.

His current work beyond his direct role as an executive trustee for the Institute, is as principal of Maven Ltd., a strategic consultancy based in Christchurch. He is also a director of Professional Arts Services, NEXT Corporation and Terra Nova and the Executive Director of the Untouched World Foundation. Mark is widely-regarded as an independent thinker and partnership-broker.