Matt Reid

Matt is the Chief Executive Officer of Barnardos Aotearoa, one of the country's most trusted children's and family services organisations. Based in Upper Hutt, he brings deep organisational experience and a grounded commitment to the communities Barnardos serves across Aotearoa. 

In his session, Matt draws on real stories and lived leadership experience to explore how kotahitanga, trust, and transparent practice strengthen the charitable sector and build lasting public confidence. He'll also introduce the concept of 'Mahia Atu' and what it means for the way we work together. 

Symposium Session: Leadership, Trust & Public Value: Why What We Do Matters

Ange Janse van Rensburg

As Head of Public Fundraising at Oxfam Aotearoa, Ange brings over 16 years of fundraising and leadership experience across Aotearoa New Zealand’s for-purpose sector. Specialised in Individual Giving, covering a diverse range of programmes and channels, Ange loves creating positive impact for the causes she cares about. Ange is also the Public Fundraising Regulatory Association's Board Chair and has served on the board for 4 years.

Alcuin Hacker

Alcuin has delivered best-practice customer and supporter experience systems for over 15 years. He is Founder and Principal Consultant at Engage & Experience, a Tasmanian based consultancy that works with charities to optimise individual giving programme and supplier management. Engage & Experience is recognised as a world leader in regular giving and has worked with more than 80 organisations worldwide, unlocking tens of millions of dollars in revenue through improved systems, processes, better reporting and supplier management. Alcuin leads a team of fundraising, data and CRM experts who translate fundraising strategy into highly profitable regular giving programmes.

Master Class: Building and Managing a High-Performing Regular Giving Programme

Symposium Presentation: Sustainable Regular Giving & Governance

Fi McPhee

Fi McPhee is one of Australasia's most respected voices in fundraising data and sector performance. A co-founder of The Benchmarking Project, Fi has led Australia and New Zealand's largest fundraising benchmarking and analytics programme for over a decade. 

A returning presenter to the PFRA Symposium, she brings the numbers to life with clarity and context, covering key trends, benchmarks, and where the sector is succeeding and where challenges remain.

Symposium Presentation: Understanding the Landscape: Performance, Trends & What Good Looks Like

Jason Myers

Jason is a seasoned for-purpose leader who prides himself on building engaged and committed teams to tackle inequity and injustice. He has been the Executive Director of Oxfam Aotearoa since 2023 and sits on the global leadership group for Oxfam International. He returned to Oxfam as no stranger, having been Director of Advocacy and Campaigns from 2014-2016. Prior to leading Oxfam, Jason was Chief Executive of the New Zealand AIDS Foundation (now Burnett Foundation Aotearoa). Here, he led a transformational change in strategic approach that subsequently saw the lowest numbers of annual new HIV infections in Aotearoa in recorded history. Beyond leadership, Jason has held representational and governance roles in New Zealand and across the Asia-Pacific. His early work was in academia where he completed a social sciences PhD at the University of Auckland and post-doctoral research in palliative care at University College London.

Mark Laurence

Mark Laurence is the founder and CEO of Ten Past Tomorrow, a New Zealand-based AI consultancy and education business. A trained futurist (Institute for the Future), Mark works with senior leadership teams and their operational teams across New Zealand to build practical AI capability and strategy. 

Through his flagship course Rapid AI Traction and the Path to AI Emergence programme, Mark has guided dozens of NZ organisations through the process of understanding, adopting and embedding AI into their operations and culture. His approach is practical, balanced and outcomes-driven, focused on real workflows and real results rather than hype. 

Mark is a regular speaker, commentator and educator on AI's impact on business, leadership and the future of work in New Zealand. 

Symposium Presentation: The Future of Fundraising - AI, Ethics & Responsible Practice

www.tenpasttomorrow.com
www.linkedin.com/in/mark-laurence

Matt Radford

Matt Radford is the founder of Vulnerable Paths and an international specialist in Vulnerability Management with over 10 years’ experience developing policy, guidance and best practice for charities working with people in Vulnerable Circumstances. He is supported by 15 years’ experience leading customer and supporter acquisition, retention and experience programmes with supporter contact teams.

Matt is deputy chair of the UK's chartered institute of fundraising's (CIOF) professional conduct committee', and is on the UK's data and marketing association's (DMA) governance committee.

Masterclass - Module 3: Sustainable Teams: Supporting Fundraiser Wellbeing & Performance