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Paul Hocking

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Director, NZGCP

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NZGCP
Title
Director
Role
Executive
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Record updated 18 September 2026

About

Paul is an independent professional director with a career background in funds management and investment banking. Additionally Paul has worked for two professional industry bodies as Executive Director of INFINZ and Director Advocacy for NZICA Within the funds management industry Paul has been an investment specialist, advisor and director having worked for Shell NZ, Westpac Investments, Chairing Kernel Wealth, and now an independent adviser to two Booster investment committees. Paul was a director, and chair of the Audit Risk and Compliance committee, for Trustees Executors, chair of Taheke 8C, director of the Campbell Institute, executive director of a licenced crowd funding company, Propellar/Crowd88 as well as being an independent member of the investment advisory sub committee of Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō. Through his company Esperance Capital Paul has advised companies in a number of industries on capital raises in the private markets as well as on the Catalist marketplace and provid

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