Matt Currie

Matt joined Purpose Capital Limited in 2023 with a view to growing the depth and breadth of impact investment in New Zealand. In addition to his role as Executive Director, Matt also sits on the Fund’s Investment Committee. Matt holds B.Com / LL.B degrees and has over thirty years’ experience in the banking, corporate finance […]
Bill Murphy

Bill is the Founding Director of Purpose Capital Limited (the Manager). In addition, Bill sits on the board of the General Partner and on the Investment Committee. Bill founded Purpose Capital in 2019 to use the power of investment to drive social and environmental change and demonstrate a new way to make money work. At […]
Steve Howse

Steve has been a member of the Purpose Capital Investment Committee since 2021. A Massey University Agricultural Science graduate, he has held leadership roles in the dairy and commercial science sectors, including LIC and Hill Laboratories. In 2014, Steve co-founded Analytica Laboratories, guiding its growth through acquisitions by HRL Holdings (2017) and ALS (2022), wherehe […]
Dr Paul Winton

Paul is the founder and leader of Temple, a specialist investment decision making firm, with over 20 years’ experience helping private equity funds and corporates make better-informed investment decisions. He has led more than 150 engagements across Australasia, North America, Europe, and Asia, providing market insights and operational diagnostics to identify opportunities to boost investor […]
Waruna Karunaratne

Waruna has recently been appointed to the Investment Committee. Waruna holds B.Com / LL.B degrees from the University of Auckland and has twenty years of corporate finance and investment experience across a variety of entities including PwC, Cranleigh Partners andCrowe Horwath. Waruna’s most recent corporate role has been as Investment Director at New Zealand Green […]