Company

Hayden is an experienced advisor with over 20 years’ working in financial risk management, balance sheet structuring, and capital raising. Hayden works with corporate clients to help them grow through access to capital and implementing growth strategies.

Hayden opened the Findex Hamilton office in January 2013, in addition to leading the Waikato region as Managing Principal, Hayden heads up the Findex Agribusiness team in NZ.

Clients and Experience

Hayden has held key finance roles, with the National Australia Bank Group, which saw him specialise in Agribusiness and the Food and Fibre Sector based in Melbourne.

Following this Hayden moved into executive management with the dairy sector in Victoria Australia. There he specifically led the strategic development and the M&A activity of the largest privately owned dairy business in Australia, securing significant growth for the company.

During this period he also held directorship roles in the logistics industry after successful implementation of a specialist logistics business.

In 2007 Hayden moved back to New Zealand as a Senior Partner at the Bank of New Zealand, this role saw him leading the Hamilton team of corporate, commercial, agribusiness and private bankers.

Hayden now works with SME and corporate clients in the Waikato region and across New Zealand and advises them on growth strategies, and is often involved in negotiating Debt facilities, Risk Management Advice, Mergers & Acquisitions, and arranging Equity structures for his clients given his extensive banking knowledge.

Sally has always had a passion for excellence and for encouraging a sense of drive and success in rapid evolution or changing circumstances in her client base or her companies. That drive has taken Sally on a career journey from construction to international education Bid Management, global crisis management in the dairy industry, IT and Health Sector project management. As a former member of the Waikato Branch of the Institute of Directors Sally is able to bridge between governance and operations, a skill which she brings to her the executive role as Commercial Director of Bioceta Limited.

Experience

Sally thrives in the phases of business development or turnaround, merger/acquisition and business capability expansion. Whether as an intrapreneur or entrepreneur she has quietly assisted New Zealand companies to expand off-shore. Sally helps companies establish platforms for high quality output and to build resilience and continuity capabilities.

• Deep and wide experience in crisis management(contamination, IT failure, physical events (fire, flood), contract failure) by bringing real world skillsets into crisis planning from operational levels to Boardroom requirements
• Goal-driven contract and programme/project management with emphasis on developing enduring relationships for the benefit of all parties
  Highly effective ‘bridge’ between technical, managerial and governance bodies to deliver successful business expansion.