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Thomas Avery

Tom has nearly 40 years of investment banking and venture capital experience. He has served on numerous public and private company boards throughout his career, advising companies on the successful financing, planning and execution of growth strategies. As an investment banker, Tom worked primarily with middle market growth companies in executing mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, and private placements of equity and debt. He served as a Managing Director at Raymond James & Associates from 2000-2014, which involved the management of the technology investment banking group and the financial sponsors' efforts. Prior to that, Tom's career saw him act as the head of the investment banking group at Interstate/Johnson-Lane, be a general partner at Summit Partners and at Noro-Moseley Partners, and work as a Senior Vice President at The Robinson-Humphrey Company. He currently has directorships at CRA International Inc, KIPP Metro Atlanta and PowerUP Scholarship, a non-profit organisation that gives disadvantaged Atlanta youth new opportunities for personal development. The Board has determined that Mr Avery is an Independent Director as defined under the NZX Listing Rules because he is not an executive of ArborGen and does not have any Disqualifying Relationships as defined in the NZX Listing Rules.

Current Positions

  • CFO — Chief Financial Officer at Sanford Limited (executive)

Education

MBA Harvard Business School; BSc Georgia Institute of Technology

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