Who we are.
Marie-Claire Andrews | Growth Operator
Marie-Claire (M-C) is a business development, marketing and strategic leader. She founded and led ShowGizmo - an event app company that grew to 30 people in three countries. She was the establishment GM of the Wellington Angel Investment network and founding CEO of international software consortium, the Event Tech Tribe.
She’s also started a tech-startup which funded her Philosophy degree, worked in local government as an Economic Development Advisor, started and sold a café and a MakerSpace, helped several rural/AgriTech companies with growth and managed Sales & Marketing for a listed SAAS company.
In her spare time, she set up a coworking space in Carterton and is a Trustee for Retired Working Dogs NZ and the Chair of Wairarapa’s Chamber of Commerce, Business Wairarapa.
Kirsty Ryan | Growth Operator
Kirsty has over 20 years local, national and international experience in Direct, Digital, and Social Media marketing. She’s a Brand and Marcomms specialist with the ability to link strategy to storytelling across channels at speed.
Her roles have included marketing and brand leadership for a range of organisations from large government departments to start-ups and across sectors.
Living in Wairarapa with her family, she was snapped up for roles at the region’s top Ag and rural software and services businesses; WBS, MyTrucking, Farm Focus, Sharpes Farm Feeds and Taratahi Institute of Agriculture.