Kea is a not-for-profit society incorporated in New Zealand with international groups currently operating in China, Los Angeles, Melbourne, the Middle East, the Netherlands, New England, New York, San Francisco, Sydney and the United Kingdom.

Kea is governed by a Global Board led by its three Founding Directors. The Board delegates day-to-day management of the organisation to Chief Executive, Ivan Moss, who is based in Auckland, New Zealand.

Stephen Tindall (Chair) is founder of The Warehouse stores and also founder and trustee of The Tindall Foundation. He co-founded Kea New Zealand in 2001. In 2007, he was he was appointed a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Stephen was Deloitte/Management Magazine 'Executive of the Year' 1998, and The New Zealand Herald 'Business Person of the Year' 1997. In 1995, he served on the Prime Minister's Enterprise Council under the Jim Bolger and Jenny Shipley Governments and, since 2000, he's worked with Helen Clark's Government on the Science and Innovation and Growth and Innovation Advisory Councils. He was awarded two Honorary Doctorates from AUT University and Massey University in 2002. In July 2006, he was awarded the Sir Peter Blake Leadership Award.

Professor David Teece is the Mitsubishi Bank Professor, University of California, Berkeley, where he directs the Institute of Management, Innovation and Organisation. He has a PhD in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and has held teaching and research positions at Stanford University and Oxford University. Professor Teece is on the Accenture list of the world's top 50 business intellectuals and has received numerous prizes and three honorary doctorates in recognition of his scholarly research and institution building contributions. He is Executive Chairman of LECG, an expert services firm which he co-founded in 1988. He is also co-founder of i-cap partners, a private equity firm that raises risk capital in Europe and the Middle East for investment in New Zealand and Australian companies. Read more.

Dr George Barker is Director of the Centre for Law and Economics at the Australian National University and is President of the Australian Law and Economics Association. He was awarded the Ohlin Fellowship in Law and Economics at Cornell University in 2000. He gained a PhD in Economics from Oxford University in 1992 and a Bachelor of Laws and Master of Economics from the University of Auckland in 1982. Dr Barker advises on regulatory, public policy, microeconomic, financial management and corporate strategy issues. He is a past CEO and Board member of LECG NZ Ltd, and a co-founder of Celtec Pacific NZ Ltd and Upstart Investments.

Bridget Liddell is based in Seattle, Washington, and is Chair of the US Beachheads Programme (NZ Trade and Enterprise) which offers mentoring and consulting support to New Zealand businesses seeking access to the US market. She is a Director of the New Zealand Superannuation Fund and is the Principal of Antipodean Equity, which facilitates access to US financing and partnership networks for New Zealand and Australian companies. Prior to her departure from NZ, Bridget was CEO of University of Auckland Development and was also a director of listed companies, Fisher & Paykel Appliances and Sky City. She was a Harkness Fellow in 1998.

Chris Pickrill has 30 years of broad-based business and teaching experience across a range of manufacturing and service sectors. He has played a key role in the establishment and development of the Economic Development Association of New Zealand effectively placing economic development on a professional footing in this country. He was Chief Executive of the Canterbury Development Corporation from April 1996 and retired in June 2008. Chris is also on the Boards of CORE Education, Canterbury Innovation Incubator, Sustainable Initiatives Fund, HIT Lab NZ and a Trustee of Untouched World Foundation.

Kerry Prendergast has been Mayor of Wellington since 2001, having served on the Wellington City Council since 1989. She has an extensive background in the health sector as a registered nurse and, for 25 years, a midwife. Kerry holds a Master of Business Degree from Victoria University. She is Vice President of Local Government New Zealand and a trustee of the NZ International Festival of the Arts. As Mayor, Kerry is also patron of a number of organisations including Netball Wellington, Parent Help, Wellington Youth Orchestra and Wellington-Xiamen Association, and her directorships include Wellington International Airport Ltd.

John Stace retired from active life in the City of London in 2004, returning to New Zealand in February 2005. He is a Director of Genesis Power, Chairman of Methodware and a member of NZ Trade and Enterprise - Beachheads Advisory Board. John is Deputy Chairman of Aardvark EM, a UK-based environmental consultancy and a consultant to City of London Chartered Surveyors, Hexell Wylie. His career in London was centred on financial services and more particularly Lloyd's of London. He built Stace Barr into the then largest capital provider to Lloyd's and was the first CEO of Angerstein Underwriting Trust (now Amlin plc). He was Deputy Chairman of Lloyd's in 1995 and 1996.