Qualifications: CPA, BA, LLB (Lond), MBA, LLM, PgD (Cantab), MSt (Cantab), CFInstD.

Henri Eliot is one of New Zealand’s top governance advisors and remains an active board member and Chair.

With an international education and pragmatic commercial experience, He stays current on global hot topics through annual training at Stanford, Harvard University and the University of Cambridge.

His senior executive career included working at JP Morgan Chase and PwC in London, Deloitte in New York City, the Bank of Montreal (BMO) in Toronto, and emerging technologies at Telecom New Zealand (Spark NZ). Sustainability, ESG and Climate Response is an area of expertise supported by his Masters in Sustainability Leadership from the University of Cambridge. 

Henri is a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand, member CPA Australia/New Zealand, Associate Member of Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand and Professional Member of the Resolution Institute. He trained as a mediator at Harvard Law School. Accredited Farm Debt Mediator and Rural Panel List member. 

His two books on corporate governance entitled Board Shorts (2017) and Board Shorts, The Next Wave (2022) have been extensively reviewed and featured by Media locally and overseas.  They also appear in the course materials of major international universities.

Henri is Chair of Balle Bros Group and Dodson Group. 

Henri received his LLB (Hons) from the University of London, Masters in Commercial and Corporate Law from the University of Auckland, his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from McGill University, his MBA from Richmond University, a Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship from the Judge Business School (University of Cambridge) and a Masters in Sustainability Leadership from the University of Cambridge.