Nick Siu

Nick Siu is a serial entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience across a wide range of business and commercial ventures. He holds a BCom/LLB from the University of Auckland, where he was awarded the Scholarship Prize in Marketing, and began his career at a national law firm.

Nick has founded and successfully exited several businesses spanning forestry innovation, sport, TV production, and hospitality. He has received five global awards for product innovation and brand development. Most recently, he exited an advertising agency with offices in New Zealand and Australia, whose clients included BMW, Foodstuffs, IAG, Panasonic, Pernod Ricard, and others. He also exited two FMCG companies—one in alternative dairy, sold in over 2,000 stores across the USA and featured on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and Good Morning USA; and another in vegetable proteins and agricultural science, focused on the Japanese and Korean markets, in which he still retains an interest.

Nick is also a director of the Asia New Zealand Foundation and sits on the advisory board of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce. He is very passionate about the prospects of the ASEAN region and the future it holds for New Zealand.