Giving

David is an experienced executive and company director with a background in specialised manufacturing, medical devices, and consumer products, with a focus on international markets. He has been involved in the St Andrew's College community over the past 20 years as a parent and as a member of the Board of Governors serving as deputy Chair. A founding shareholder of Foot Science International Ltd here in Christchurch, he now serves as a director and is also an independent director of a number of other private New Zealand companies. A member of the national Board of Export New Zealand for the past 10 years, he now serves as the Chairperson and is also a long-time member of the Beachheads Advisory Board for New Zealand Trade and Enterprise. “I have a particular interest in things that haven’t happened yet… and how we make sure that our children and their children will be ready to deal with the challenges we haven’t thought of.”

Matthew attended the College from 1980 to 1984. Now living in Auckland, he had an 11-year career in law followed by a 15-year career in the corporate trust industry, in which his last role was as co-founder and Managing Director of Foundation Corporate Trust, New Zealand’s only stand alone, full service supervisory business.

Matthew has a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Canterbury and is now studying to complete a Bachelor of Arts in Ancient History and Art History at the University of Auckland.

Richard attended the College from 1980–1984 and was Deputy Head Prefect, Drum Sergeant in the Pipe Band and Goalkeeper in the First XI Football team. After leaving Year 13, he was also a house tutor in the boarding house and tutored the Pipe Band. He graduated from the University of Canterbury with Law and Commerce degrees and then joined a national law firm, Duncan Cotterill, as a commercial lawyer. He was appointed as a Partner there in 1997 and is currently Chairman of the firm’s Board and Partnership. As well as the Foundation, Richard holds a number of other charitable trustee roles, including the Lamar Charitable Trust and the Halberg Endowment Fund (both supporting people with disabilities) and, locally, the Canterbury Charity Hospital Trust.

Mark attended St Andrew’s from 1969–1972, where he was active in a range of pursuits including Pipe Band, cricket, rugby, and performing arts. He was a prefect in his final year at the College and is a long-standing member of the Old Collegians Association committee, with stints from 1973–1975, and from 2004 to the present, serving as President from 2016–2018.

After attending Lincoln College, Mark has been a crop farmer for over 45 years, and a dairy farmer for nine years. He has served on various groups, including Malvern Community Arts Council, Malvern Farmers Vet Club, Foundation for Arable Research, Crop and Food Soil Management Group, FAR Arable Research Group, Managing Director Piako Ltd, New Zealand Agricultural Show Canterbury Committee and as Section Chairman, Senior Partner LK Farms Ltd.

Tom attended St Andrew’s from 2003–2007 and was actively involved in rugby, cricket, touch, and performing arts. In his final year at the College, Tom was a Prefect, Head of Sport, and Head of Peer Support. After graduating from the University of Canterbury with a Bachelor of Engineering, Tom plunged into the Canterbury Earthquake response as a Consulting Structural Engineer at Powell Fenwick. A two-year stint playing rugby for the Hawkes Bay Magpies (2014–2015) proved the catalyst for Tom to pivot from engineering, pursuing a Master’s degree (and a Varsity Match Blue) at the University of Cambridge. Following his Masters, Tom landed on the front line of financial markets in London and more recently Hong Kong. His roles in financial markets spanned from Prime Brokerage Sales to Equity Sales Trading, and more recently Prime and Delta One Sales Trading with Citibank in London and Hong Kong. Having traded with Hedge Funds, Asset Managers and Pension Funds through the Hong Kong protests and the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong, Tom decided to move back to New Zealand in mid-2021 to be closer to family, and start his own family. Since moving back to New Zealand Tom has joined Amicus Group as a Partner and Director specialising in Investment Advisory.