Meet the Team
Here to help. Here to build.
Trying our best to make a difference.
BILL HOLLAND | CO-FOUNDER & TRUSTEE
Bill joins ADAPT from his HOBEC office in Tauranga. As a notary Bill has a wealth of experience setting up trusts and was key in helping find the right form for ADAPT. Bill has always been very active in the community and sits on the board of several other sizeable charity trusts. Bill has a down to earth approach to work and life. It was therefore a real blessing when Bill accepted the offer to also join ADAPT’s board as it finds its way in the charity trust world. Bill is available to ADAPT to ensure that we run an effective charity organisation that crosses its ‘t’s and dots its ‘I’s.
ELLEN VAN DEVENTER | CO-FOUNDER & TRUSTEE
Although Ellen co-founded ADAPT all the way from Europe she is not letting distance sit in the way of getting things done. Ellen works for several European family foundations; supporting their boards to ensure they articulate their wishes strategically and then sets up their desired strategies- be it investments or philanthropic efforts. ADAPT is Ellen’s first philanthropic effort where she needs to get down and make it happen for herself. Ellen believes that a lot can be accomplished by always asking questions and engaging with people to understand what the needs are. Ellen then loves to turn those needs into logical action steps to provide answers and solutions to problems. Ellen believes that the full potential of our moral obligation to do good happens when done effectively.
MASELE SIATU’U | TRUSTEE
Masele joins us with a wealth of business experience, having held senior international HR roles in a number of commercial sectors. Having recently returned to her home in New Zealand Masele was keen to find opportunities to help out within her community. Masele was introduced to The Supported Life Style Hauraki Trust through local Thames contacts and was immediately attracted to its purpose and values. Masele was invited to join that Trust board in 2017. With ADAPT wishing to support operation of The Supported Life Style Hauraki Trust, Masele was invited to also join the ADAPT board to ensure a professional bridge and open communication between the two trusts.
GORDON JACKMAN | TRUSTEE
Gordon’s background is certainly a very colourful one with him starting out with a MA 1st in Archaeology and working on the East Coast as an archaeologist for many years. He has had a parallel career as an Environmental Consultant, specialising in environmental toxicology, contaminated site management, wastewater treatment and forestry certification. Simultaneously, Gordon has been involved in the disability sector all his life as he contracted polio at the age of 10 months. In his adult life he subsequently set up and lead the Duncan Foundation, a charitable organisation that supports people with neuromuscular conditions. Gordon has also served on the National Ethics Advisory Committee( NEAC) and currently chairs the board of the Supported Life Style Hauraki Trust, having been on the board since 2010.
TONY EMETT | CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Tony comes to ADAPT with a unique blend of skills and experience from working in sales management roles in some of the world’s largest FMCG companies , working for Special Olympics New Zealand and private land and urban development. Tony has made a career out of turning targets into reality and understands the only way to achieve world class results is to collaborate with a great team and provide them with the tools and support they require to achieve. Tony has a real passion for the goals and dreams we have for ADAPT.