Kent Gardner

Kent Gardner currently serves as the Chair of Creative New Zealand since June 2024 and has been the Partner and Chief Executive Officer at Evans Randall Investors since April 2001, assuming the CEO role in 2009. Kent Gardner also holds positions as Chair of the Board of Directors at Jasper, Co-Chair of the Board of Trustees at The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi, and Chair of the Board at Pūtahi Manawa Healthy Hearts Aotearoa New Zealand. Additionally, Kent Gardner is a Lead Seed Investor at LawVu, Crosstown, and Slerp, as well as a Seed Investor at Re-Leased. A former member of the Board of Trustees at the Te Papa Foundation, Kent Gardner obtained a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and Finance from the University of Otago between 1990 and 1994.