Helmut is an experienced director, executive and consultant with specialist skills in implementation change management.  He began his professional career in accounting and finance and branched into economic development and management consulting upon completion of an MBA in 1991. Helmut has been chief executive of various commercial enterprises experiencing growth, turnaround, merger or other strategic change. He is passionate about the social and economic development of Māori. Ngāti Toa Rangatira’s mission is to enhance the wellbeing, prosperity and mana of its people. Its primary strategy is to “row its own waka” delivering the services needed by Iwi to achieve its mission. In respect of housing, Ngāti Toa is progressively building a vertically integrated ecosystem of assets and companies to control its destiny and ensure delivery of the outcomes its members need. The ecosystem includes innovative concepts, partnerships, technologies and legal arrangments.