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David KirkDay Two Opening Keynote Speaker

David Kirk is Chair at New Zealand Rugby, KMD Brands and KiwiHarvest.

David Kirk captained the All Blacks to win the World Cup in 1987 and was awarded an MBE in 1988. He served as Chief Policy Advisor to New Zealand Prime Minister, Hon. Jim Bolger. 

David is a Rhodes Scholar with degrees in Medicine from Otago University, and Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Oxford University.

David Kirk
David Kirk is Chair of New Zealand Rugby, KMD Brands (the holding company for Kathmandu, Rip Curl, and Oboz), and Forsyth Barr. He is founding Chair of KiwiHarvest, and Co-Founder and Chair of Bailador Technology Investments, an ASX-listed investment fund focusing on private expansion-stage technology companies.

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