+ Quote

“They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.”

+ Key Events

1985 Born in Upper Hutt 16th July 1990 Started School in Auckland 1991 Moved home to Strathmore, Wellington  1992 - 1996 Miramar Central School 1997 - 1998 Evans Bay Intermediate 1999 - 2003 Rongotai College  2003 Head Prefect Rongotai  2003 Founded ON THE EDGE  2004 - 2008 Director of Far Horizons Ltd 2004 - Current Founded IRVING+CO

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+ Ben's Story

I was born and raised in the ‘coolest little capital in the world’ - Wellington.

Growing up I had a strong desire to do ‘make a difference’ in all that I did. I have always been driven and motivated by success not only personally but together with others around me.

Finding a career in ‘making a difference’ was hard thing to translate into a clearly defined role. But over the past 7 years I am proud to say I have achieved it.

I have had a vast number of engagements along this journey and I am privileged to have shared so many challenges and successes with world class Kiwi companies, charities and individuals.  

more info see - LinkedIn

+ Current Appointments

Chairman  - Wise Counsel

Chairman - Jobs.co.nz 

Independent Director - Learning Media  

Director - IRVING & CO

Trustee - ON THE EDGE Trust

Trustee - Major Arc Trust 

+ Things I am proud of

Young Wellingtonian of the Year - 2009/2010

Hosted a TEDxYouth event in Wellington - 2010

Gaining a Guinness World Record for iCAN - 2009

Invited to facilitate at the International Sustainability Conference Digital Earth Summit (Attendees including NASA, Google and many foreign governments) San Francisco, USA - 2007

Representing NZ at a Sailing World Champs - 2004

Auckland University’s Excelerator Future Leaders’ Programme - 2004-2006

Inaugural recipient of the Wellington Community Trust Young Leaders award - 2004

Selected to represent Wellington at The Knowledge Wave Conference, Auckland - 2003

Founding the ON THE EDGE Leadership Trust - 2003

 Head Prefect at Rongotai College - 2003