Bill is the Founding Director of Purpose Capital Limited (the Manager). In addition, Bill sits on the board of the General Partner and on the Investment Committee.
Bill founded Purpose Capital in 2019 to use the power of investment to drive social and environmental change and demonstrate a new way to make money work. At $22 million, Purpose Capital Impact Fund 1 is New Zealand’s largest private sector impact investment fund.
Prior to Purpose Capital, Bill founded Enterprise Angels, a unique Fund Management / early-stage business investment model comprised of 4 Funds and investments of $65 million in 125
companies.
Bill holds a BSc in Accounting / Finance and is qualified as a US and NZ accountant (CPA / CA), working half his career as a public accountant, CFO and company manager then in more recent years in investment, finance and governance. A pioneer driven to ‘make a difference,’ impact investing was a natural progression for Bill.