Mānuka Henare is Associate Professor in Māori Business Development at the University of Auckland. He is also the foundation Director of the Mira Szászy Research Centre for Māori and Pacific Economic Development and leads a number of multidisciplinary research project teams. Mānuka has advised government departments, local authorities and other institutions on bicultural or ambicultural management policies and has also served on government advisory committees on development assistance, peace and disarmament, archives, history, social policy, environmental risk management and number of other ministerial appointments. Before he embarked on his academic career he was CEO of two national NGOs in international development, justice and peace. Mānuka is also a recent addition to the Board of the Vodafone Foundation.