Ara Ake welcomes new Board member
We are very excited to welcome Melissa Clark-Reynolds ONZM to the Ara Ake Board of Directors.
Melissa Clark-Reynolds ONZM is a street-smart futurist and tech entrepreneur who has spent her career helping leaders cut through noise, tackle change head-on and build clear pathways to the future. Trained by the Institute for the Future and appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the technology industry, she brings a rare mix of deep sector experience, strategic foresight, and practical tools.
She is currently on the Boards of Atkins Ranch Lamb and Wētā Workshop, and has been Chair of Alpine Energy (Lines company), Little Yellow Bird and Hei Hei. She has broad sector experience having consulted to many of the major players in energy over the last 30 years (including generation, Transpower, Z Energy). She was one of founders of Lightning Lab Accelerator, and a previous Entrepreneur in Residence at Creative HQ.
Melissa’s principled insight and ability to turn uncertainty into direction will be invaluable as Ara Ake continues to accelerate the transition to a low-emissions energy future.
See the full Board here.