John Blackham (businessman)

John Blackham is a New Zealand businessman and entrepreneur who has been heavily involved in the development of the software industry in New Zealand. He participated in the Porter Project on New Zealand’s competitive capability (1990) and helped establish the venture capital market for high-tech start-ups with the NZ Innovation Market (1998).

Recent activities

*Director, Trade New Zealand
*Founder, New Zealand Intellectual Capital Foundation
*Founder, New Zealand Software Association
*Member, Prime Minister’s Science and Innovation Advisory Council
*Member, ICT Taskforce
*Trustee, HiGrowth Project
*Chairman, Unitec Centre for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
*Councillor and Technology Chairman, Royal Society of New Zealand
*New Zealand representative, APEC Business Council
*CEO of software company XSOL Limited
*Chairperson One Laptop Per Child New Zealand and Pacific Steering Group

External links

* [http://www.rsnz.org/directory/society_council/councilbio.php Royal Society of New Zealand biography]