Govt venture fund loses 2nd CEO

Pattrick Smellie
Fri, 04 Dec 2020

The government's venture capital fund has lost its second chief executive this year, with the latest one apparently never starting work at all.Late on Friday afternoon, New Zealand Growth Capital Partners issued a one sentence press statement saying the chief executive-designate Daria Murray had "unfortunately... decided not to take up the role of CEO of NZGCP.”The announcement comes one day after the appointment of former Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment chief executive, David Smol, as chair of NZGCP, which was fo...

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