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Christopher Swasbrook

Founder of NZL and NZRLM with extensive investment banking and capital markets experience, serving on multiple boards.

NZX Director(2)Charity Officer(1)Public Sector(1)

About

Updated 5 Mar 2026

Founder of NZL and NZRLM with extensive investment banking and capital markets experience, serving on multiple boards.

Christopher Swasbrook, appointed in September 2020, is one of the founders of New Zealand Rural Land Company and New Zealand Rural Land Management. He is also the Founder and Director of Elevation Capital Funds Management Limited. He was previously a Partner of Goldman Sachs JBWere Pty, co-head of institutional equities at Goldman Sachs JBWere (NZ) and a foundation broker of the NZX. He has been a board member of the Financial Markets Authority since 2019. He is also Chair and Director of the Auckland Future Fund, Chair of Bethunes Investments Limited, Executive Chair of McCashin's Brewery Limited, Chair of the Auckland Art Gallery Advisory Board and Chair of The Helen Clark Foundation.

Education

BCom (Economics)

Current Charity Roles

Trustee

Te Papa Foundation

Since Oct 2025

Cross-Sector Roles

NZX Roles(3)

  • Independent Non-Executive Director at Rakon LimitedCurrent
  • Non-Executive Director at New Zealand Rural Land Company LimitedCurrent
  • Non-Executive Director at Allied Farmers Limited
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Public Sector Roles(3)

  • Board Member at Financial Markets AuthorityCurrent
  • Chair at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
  • Board Member at Financial Markets Authority
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