Melissa became a Professional Director after 25 years’ experience as an entrepreneur and CEO of a number of Technology companies. She was awarded the ONZM for Services to Technology in 2015. Melissa is a Governor of Radio NZ, sits on the Boards of Jasmax Architects, Beef and Lamb NZ and Kiwi Insurance Ltd. In recent years she has studied at MIT, Cambridge University and Stanford (twice!), as well as The Institute for the Future in Silicon Valley. As well as facilitating for the Institute of Directors Melissa works with companies to execute transformational strategies. She tweets as @HoneyBeeGeek.