Steve O'Connor

About

Steve is an independent director, advisor and investor with a strong background within the start-up and technology commercialisation community in Aotearoa and overseas. He enjoys working at the axis between R&D, technology, innovation, and the funding and capitalisation of new ventures and growth companies. He was the founder and CEO of Flick Electric which was acquired by Z Energy. Prior to this he was the CEO of Creative HQ, Wellingtons innovation hub, incubator and accelerator. Steve is a Director of Rocketing Ventures, providing advisory services and an Advisory Board member at the School of Business and Government at Victoria University. He was a Director of Datamine Ltd, Marketview Ltd, Flick Energy Ltd, Mevo Ltd., and was the founder of the Lightening Lab accelerator. He holds a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Commerce from Victoria University of Wellington and is a Member of the Institute of Directors.

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