Marcel Van Den Assum

Formerly the CIO of Fonterra, Marcel is AANZ chair, a professional director and an angel investor. He serves on the boards of Flick, Voco, Simplhealth, Yonix, CropX and the Wellington-based angel group AngelHQ. He was an investor in and chair of GreenButton, a successful angel-backed company that was acquired by Microsoft in 2014.

He is a founding investor in Lightning Lab, a member of the GD1 (Global from Day one) investment committee, and he holds a number of advisory board positions with private and public sector entities. Prior to donning his wings, Marcel was CIO of Fonterra and managing principal of Unisys New Zealand.