Rātā Foundation
Chief Financial Officer & Chief Investment Officer
Oversaw the $650 million portfolio behind New Zealand’s second-largest community trust.
Protect the capital
Grow the grants
Vote
Murray
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I’ve protected and grown a fund like this before.
Ten years as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer at Rātā Foundation, New Zealand’s second-largest community trust.
- 10 years
- Leading finance and investment at Rātā Foundation
- $650m
- Rātā Foundation’s investment portfolio
- $600m+
- Granted to communities by Rātā Foundation
Runs on the board.
Community trust investment. Infrastructure and private capital.
Acorn Foundation, Tauranga, Western Bay of Plenty
Investment Committee
Over $100 million invested; over $30 million gifted.
Morrison Public Infrastructure Partners
Advisory Committee
Funds behind more than $3 billion of schools, healthcare facilities and roads.
For the place I call home.
Rooted in the Bay. Invested in its future.
My connection to the Bay goes back to childhood holidays. We bought our home on Tay Street in 2020, and Mount Maunganui is now home for good.
I am fluent in philanthropy and community impact, not just investment — a decade alongside the groups who apply for grants.
TECT has grown from $40 million to over $1 billion. That only continues if the capital is protected first.
How to vote
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Online voting closesFriday, 12 noon