Amit Prasad

Amit is very passionate about helping contribute towards building a brighter future of our nation and is a keen advocate of diversity, inclusion, equity and bringing a lived experience dimension into the board room.

He was born in Fiji, lived, and worked there for numbers of years before migrating to Aotearoa. Amit is always keen to add diversity of thought, perspective, ethnicity and varied experience to the strategy dialogue.

He holds an MBA from Deakin University, Australia and is a current member of Institute of Directors, Chartered Accountant of Australia and New Zealand and Fellow Certified Practicing Accountant Australia.

Amit has broad experience in all aspects of accounting, auditing, financial, governance and risk management and has 25 years of professional work experience in various sectors.

He has held multiple governance roles over the years and is currently involved in various sectors in a governance capacity including local and central government organisations.