Harbour Asset Management has announced the appointment of Linda Jenkinson as an Independent Director following a executive search conducted by SEQEL Partners.

Linda has an extensive executive career. She was the first New Zealand woman to list a company on the NASDAQ stock exchange, co-founded DMSC, a $250 million on-demand courier company which disrupted the courier on-demand business segment. Linda also co-founded John Paul (formerly LesConcierges), a global customer and employee experience platform which she sold to Accor Hotel Group, and WOW for Africa an organisation that provided investment and business advisory services to support and promote female entrepreneurship in Senegal. Linda was previously a Partner with A.T. Kearney, specialising in financial institutions and strategic sourcing.

Linda currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Air New Zealand, Eclipx Group, the Guild Group and the Massey Foundation. She was named EY Master Entrepreneur of the Year NZ in 2013, World Class New Zealander in 2016, and has been recognised at the Women of Influence awards in San Francisco and New Zealand.

She holds an MBA in Finance from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and a B.B.S in Accounting & Finance and Data Processing from Massey University.

Linda joins the Harbour Asset Management Board in January 2018.