Michael Pain

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Michael Pain retired from Accenture in 2015 as a Managing Director with Accenture Australia, having led major practice areas including Advanced Technology, Management Consulting, Strategy, Digital, and Analytics across various Asia Pacific regions.  Michael co-led Accenture’s corporate giving activities, helping to initiate Corporate Citizenship for Accenture in Australia. Currently Michael’s activities include NFP Board membership, philanthropy, and ethical investment. Michael has a Bachelor of Science (Hons) from the University of Sydney and an MBA (Hons) from INSEAD in France. After a leave of absence living in Canada, Michael re-joined the Board in 2018 and is currently the Chair of the Board.

Born in Riverton, New Zealand, Mere debuted with the Aotearoa Māori Women’s Sevens in 2000. Since then, she has embarked on a career as an internationally renowned athlete and coach, playing professionally in Europe, Australia and in the USA. Mere returned to New Zealand in 2019 to take up the position of Women’s High-Performance manager with Rugby Southland. Mere also developed the Hapori Project, a coaching, cultural and life skills programme which includes the Hapori Festival, an initiative for rangatahi and their extended whānau.