Our People
Sparkbox comprises a team of innovation specialists.
We bring together the collective experience, common goals and aspirations of successfully implanting great New Zealand business ideas onto the world stage.
Andrew Duff
Andrew co-founded Sparkbox in 2001. He is a Director of a number of private start-up companies including many Sparkbox portfolio entities.
He is Principal of Blue Limited, a private investment company that provides development resources to private companies in the start-up and recovery phases.
Greg Sitters
Greg is an experienced IT professional and executive with more than 25 years working in NZ, Australia, Asia and the US. He was involved in setting up Sun Microsystems and Silicon Graphics in NZ, and has worked for these companies in NZ and overseas in executive management and international forums.
Henry Tait
Henry was a co-founder of Sparkbox in 2001. He has co-founded a number of successful start up companies across a range of industries including Snowplanet Limited (leisure) and Connovation Limited (conservation). He is the principal of Tingwall Capital Ltd, which provides development, expansion and succession capital for management, new products and private companies. He is also director of Todd Capital Limited, a private investor in telecommunications, media and property sectors in New Zealand and Australia; Todd Energy, an NZ integrated energy company; and The Todd Corporation Limited.
Nigel Lawry
Nigel Lawry is a businessman with over 20 years direct experience in start-ups, “green fields” projects and “coal-face” sales and marketing across a diverse range of industries and market sectors.
Rob Rogers
Rob is a serial entreprenuer and advisor with experience spanning all sizes of companies many on a global basis.
His diverse skill base includes global strategy, capital raising, networking, deal structuring and marketing.
Terry Allen
Terry Allen is the Founder and Managing Director of Allen Strategic, a company specialising in the provision of Governance, Strategy and Execution services at board and executive level.