Melissa Clark-Reynolds – Foresight Practitioner and Professional Director

 Melissa Clark-Reynolds works as a foresight practitioner and professional director, with over 25 years’ experience as an entrepreneur and strategist. She has a particular interest in new business models and completed a project for BRANZ in 2017 on new business models for the construction sector with Dr Antony Pelosi from VUW.

Melissa has been the founder and CEO of several high-tech companies. In 2015 she was named Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) in recognition for her services to technology. Melissa was an Independent Director of Jasmax for 5 years. She trained as a futurist at the Institute for the Future in Palo Alto in 2016. She is a sought-after speaker on emergent trends in a range of sectors including payments, food, farming, entertainment and construction. 

Melissa keeps bees, who are the first 3-D printers of their homes, and tweets as @HoneyBeeGeek.