Grendon Boynton has fifteen years international business experience crafting ventures involving blue-chip companies expanding their brand coverage into new and emerging markets, increasing and sustaining EDBITA growth in dynamic and fast-track environments working as a business executive for GEC, Marconi PLC and Exxon Mobil conducting business within the petro-chemical industry on four continents.
He has created and managed trade partnerships comprising import /export, manufacturing, distribution logistics and sales between New Zealand, Australia, USA, UK, Europe and Asia.
Since 2002 Grendon has advocated for social enterprise and entrepreneurship drawing upon sound business techniques and private sector approaches to find solutions to social, cultural, or environmental issues and challenges. He founded several companies and charitable trusts focused on social engineering innovation through the triple bottom line business platform impacting People, Planet and Profit in that order.
He incubated and launched the Internet Service Provider company Kiwi Online (KOL) a company that led the change into how internet was sold to NZ consumers, introducing significantly lower monthly subscriber fees and removing the requirement to enter lengthy term contracts.
He created a Housing Collective and a $3 Billion Fund devoted to providing disadvantaged families accessible pathways to affordable and sustainable housing options. He established partnerships with a multi-national building supplies cooperative a reputable housing manufacturer based in NZ, a network of reputable local contractors and various housing groups across the country. The housing collective supports and promotes BUY-LOCAL and is set up to keep profits in the country and within the regions.
Grendon’s law firm is focused on social justice and supports the underdog by partnering with the social services sector, local and federal governments, corporate NZ and advocacy groups across the nation. The firm also represents people and companies wanting to start, grow and or diversify their business in NZ.
His consultancy company “Virtual Kaiwhakahaere” was started as a response to COVID and a way to provide ready support services to people and businesses needing help while in lockdown. Aside from the mainstream NZ business sector, Grendon has experience and connections into Māori, Pasifika and mainstream social services, emergency & transitional housing, education & training, mental health, and general health & wellbeing, youth justice, and not for profits.
Grendon has several board and committee postings focused on Youth & Family Services, Environment, Business Enterprise and Technology. He has worked with victims of homelessness, whanau in emergency & transitional housing and sustainable tenancies, people living with mental health & physical disabilities, criminogenic behaviour and are trapped in negative living environments impacted by alcohol & drug addiction, gangs, and suicide.
Grendon is a registered business consultant, coach and mentor.
CORE VALUES
Grendon believes that all services offered must be of the highest quality and are either best practices or based on best practices principles. Evaluated with results guiding ongoing adaptation and innovation. Services are maximised when staff are skilled and passionate about their work. That requires educating and supervising staff; involving them in decisions; giving them opportunities to create, grow and succeed; and facilitating work teams supportive of each other both personally and professionally. Grendon treats staff, clients, stakeholders, and partners with mutual respect and sensitivity, recognizing the importance of diversity.
He views sound financial stewardship as critical to the organization and to those who support it. Funding decisions should be both transparent and inclusive. The problems of the service users cannot be addressed in isolation. Schools, parents, healthcare and Justice professionals, businesses, and other community organisations and agencies all have a role to play. Collaboration and consultation are key.
There are always new ways to solve problems and new and innovative ways to help the service users on their journey of re-empowerment in their lives. Grendon encourages staff to keep their finger on the pulse of the servie user, stakeholder and community needs and take any new ideas to their peers to aid continuous improvement, ongoing service development or adaptation.
He also believes the organisation must demonstrate the highest degree of accountability to their service users, staff, funders, and the community at large. Demonstrating this through detailed record keeping at all levels, transparency of service, board involvement, and sound financial stewardship.