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Thanks for your call.

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I have included my team who are working on our future education growth plans – see
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attached summary Bios.

Please organise for an invite to be sent for meeting this Friday at 11:30am.
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Sent: Monday, 5 February 2024 3:26 PM
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Subject: FW: Charter school discussion
Hi 9(2)(a)
I just tried to call you. Very keen to talk. Please let me know if you have any time on Friday 9am –
10:30am, 11:30am -2pm.
Kind wishes,
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Sent: Thursday, February 1, 2024 3:06 PM
Thankyou Appreciate the quick response.

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From our perspective we were keen to share with David why the Partnership model didn’t get
much traction when it was last introduced in NZ.
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We were hopeful by sharing our experience and giving some thoughts on how to provide the
reintroduction more traction and remove the handbrakes of the past. It quickly needs reaches
a point where it cannot be withdraw by a policy change from a new Government. Our
experience is once families experience choice in education they do not want to go back to the
past one size fits all State Model. Parents are so appreciative and I can assure you it will
increase loyalty to ACT s from a demographic that it currently does not serve.
So If David can spare the time we would love to meet even though he has nothing he can
share with us just yet.
Kind Regards
9(2)
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Love to show the ACT team around out little school so he can see and feel the difference and
show him how we can make a huge difference for the children of NZ.
I was on a Friday night Zoom with David organized by back during COVID
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where we talked about Partnership Schools. I have been a believer ever since. Its so exciting to
see it unfold now.
Sent: Thursday, 1 February 2024 2:17 PM
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Good Afternoon 9(2)(a)
I have had a further discussion with David who has asked that I forward you the email below on his
behalf.
Dear 9(2)(a)
Thank you for getting in touch.
I’m thrilled to hear you’re interested in building Partnership Schools.
In general I’m happy to meet but I don’t know if there’s much I can tell you at the moment, we are still
putting together the policy details and will release them publicly as soon as possible.
I can’t give you information that’s not already public so we might not get much out of the meeting. On
the other hand, we do intend to get a lot more information out there in the second quarter. Sorry I can’t
be more helpful right now, but it will all come in good time,
David
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Thanks .
9(2)(a)
We are very serious about building Partnership Schools in New Zealand and want to Meet
David.
I have 3pm booked in my calendar for Friday the 9th. Could you kindly send an invite.
In addition to the above physical meeting an eMeet with Davids MA would certainly help
provide further information if they could spare the time.
Let me know either way.
Kind Regards
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Sent: Tuesday, 30 January 2024 5:26 PM
Hi 9(2)(a)
It’s probably best just to have a meeting with one or the other as otherwise might be doubling up.
Please let me know if you’d prefer to speak with the ministerial advisor one day this week or stay with
the appointment with David on the 9th.
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Hi
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Thanks for your email and we look forward to seeing David at his office on the 9th. I have
pencilled in 3pm.
It would also be great to talk to David’s Ministerial advisor by Zoom. If you could provide a
coupe of suitable times and we will
look to lock that in with my team.
Look forward to your reply.
Kind Regards
9(2)(a)

Subject: Charter school discussion
Hi 9(2)(a)
I talked to you the other day over the phone and we set up a tentative meeting for you to mee him at
his office on 9 February.
You mentioned that you would prefer to speak ahead of that time – David s ministerial advisor is able to
do a Zoom meeting with you.
They are flexible as to times but do finish 2pm Thursdays & Fridays
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Hi all,
I just saw that the Stuff article was also printed on the front cover of last Thursday’s North
Shore Times:
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Auckland couple reveal $10m building plans for

'boutique' AGE School
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Evan Christian and Katherine Allsopp-Smith have committed $10 million to fund a
new building for their students in Auckland's Takapuna.
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A couple who struggled to find a school which suited their son created one for him, and
now they're moving its 20 students into a $10 million building.
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Rich-listers Evan Christian and Katherine Allsopp-Smith launched AGE School in the upmarket
Auckland suburb of Takapuna about two years ago.
The decision was made when their oldest son Branson was due to go to school, but the pair could
not find a place that matched his needs and passion for mechanics.
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The school will move to a new building, also in Takapuna, in 2020 which will have a performing
arts area, technology and science classrooms, a lounge, kitchen, and workshops in the garage.
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It will have room for more than 150 students. The students will also use public facilities such as
the library, the beach and pools in the area.
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As part of the design process, students were asked to present their own ideas for the
building to architects.
Parents have the option to enrol their children into the school full-time or part-time and the tui-
tion fees range from $11,000 to $20,000 per year.
Allsopp-Smith said Branson was passionate about robotics and tests showed he was "gifted" but
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they could not find a school in the country which offered robotics classes for younger students.
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earlier experiences at school," she said.
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Students will use public facilities alongside the building in Takapuna.
The couple did well but thought their school experiences lacked context and fun, she said.
They researched other models of schooling and wanted to create a school which focussed on
children's emotional quotient (EQ) as well as intelligence quotient (IQ), she said.
"Childhood is meant to be fun and exciting, which is what we wanted to create for our children."
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The school currently has about 20 students.
At the school, students went at their own pace and were taught robotics, digital music and spe-
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Christian said the couple had committed $10m to fund the new building.
"Takapuna is expensive but the public facilities such as pools, buses, libraries, playgrounds and
beach make the location ideal for our curriculum," Christian said.
Principal Steve Mouldey said the school's growth was limited by its current space.
The school planned to teach a maximum of 180 students, which would mean 10 to 15 students
per year level, he said.
"Ideally, we will have roughly the same number of students in each year level but as we are per-
sonalising the learning, the number of students in each age group does not have to be even as it
is in traditional classrooms."
The school will teach students from year 1 to year 13 by 2021 and plans to offer scholarships to
students whose families cannot afford the tuition fees.
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9(2)(a) If you get the chance watch Bill Gates and Sam Altman talk on the future of education and AI before we
meet tomorrow. You have an incredible opportunity to plan ahead
Because the workforce is going to change real fast.

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I just tried to call you. Very keen to talk Please let me know if you have any time on Friday 9am –
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Kind wishes,
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E: 9(2)(a) @parliament.govt.nz
P: +64) 21 849 907

Thankyou Appreciate the quick response.

9(2)(a)
From our perspective we were keen to share with David why the Partnership model didn’t get
much traction when it was last introduced in NZ.
One of our staff was involved in 2 Partnership schools that became Special Character Schools
during the change of Government.
We were hopeful by sharing our experience and giving some thoughts on how to provide the
reintroduction more traction and remove the handbrakes of the past. It quickly needs reaches
a point where it cannot be withdraw by a policy change from a new Government. Our
experience is once families experience choice in education they do not want to go back to the
past one size fits all State Model. Parents are so appreciative and I can assure you it will
increase loyalty to ACT’s from a demographic that it currently does not serve.
So If David can spare the time we would love to meet even though he has nothing he can
share with us just yet.
Kind Regards
9(2)
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PS
Love to show the ACT team around out little school so he can see and feel the difference and
show him how we can make a huge difference for the children of NZ.
I was on a Friday night Zoom with David organized by back during COVID
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where we talked about Partnership Schools. I have been a believer ever since. Its so exciting to
see it unfold now.

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I have had a further discussion with David who has asked that I forward you the email below on his
behalf.
Dear 9(2)(a)
Thank you for getting in touch.
I’m thrilled to hear you’re interested in building Partnership Schools.
In general I’m happy to meet but I don’t know if there’s much I can tell you at the moment, we are still
putting together the policy details and will release them publicly as soon as possible.
David
9(2)(a) please let me know if you have any questions.
Kind Regards
9(2)(a)
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Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2024 9:41 AM
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Subject: RE: Connecting
Hi Lia – checking in for an appointment to discuss Partnership Schools with Jennifer. Thanks
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Kia ora 9(2)(a)
Thanks for reaching out. We are speaking with a range of people and would be very happy to speak with
you about this.
Lia will be in touch to organise a time. I look forward to speaking with you.
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Hi 9(2)(a) just high level . 10am would be perfect - I’ll call you if you give me your number. Thank you!
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Morning 9(2)(a)
I am free btw 10am - 1pm.
Name a time and I will call/zoom whatever suits.
Note if you want to dig into detail I would need to bring along my teaching crew but if your questions
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Gen Alpha is a generation that will crisis and a world in constant shift
face immense challenges but will and division. But Gen Alpha will
also have incredible opportunities. also travel to space, have careers
They experienced the first global we never dreamt of and will have
pandemic of the new century with to solve problems that we haven’t
resilience despite the hardships even encountered yet. They will
and loss. They see their older Gen also never know a world without
Z siblings face a mental health technology like AI, AR, and gaming.
However, we mustn’t think of them in technological terms alone.

This generation will live in a time
of massively accelerated digital
transformation, but they will still
have the basic human needs
and longings for real friends and
relationships, and their impact is yet
to be fully understood and seen, but
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As we transition from personal

and mobile computing to spatial
computing, we need to build
and design schools in a way that
enhances our human experience.
Technology will need to move to At AGE School we create real
the background, and physical and experiences, for real people—
virtual touchpoints must seamlessly in whichever reality they choose.
blend giving way to new paths We call these environmental
toward sensory and experience preferences. And for Generation
design. What we create, build and Alpha, their reality encompasses
design in our Schools matters now both the physical world and the
more than ever. virtual one.
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Whether it’s designing a common impact for today’s students and

area for our senior school, or new tomorrow’s leaders.
immersive experiences in our
junior school, or developing video
games or virtual worlds in today’s We are on a mission
most popular gaming platforms, to design experiences &
we know that part of our mission is curriculum that blend
to anticipate the future and create
next-generation experiences our physical, immersive
that engage, elevate, and deliver and virtual worlds.
Generation Alpha is a generation for generations and we hope to

of world builders and today’s inspire Gen Alpha as they grow
flat, two-dimensional internet into tomorrow’s leaders.
experience just seems … old.
We hope you’ll be up for the New Zealand’s next Sir Edmund
challenge of creating new types Hillary is probably a 9 year-old boy
of immersive and 3D experiences climbing virtual mountains on his
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After 7 years experience founding and operating AGE School, we hold

strong opinions on key factors critical to the foundation and success of
New Zealand Partnership Schools.
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Curriculum
In a perfect world we would want We should also prepare students
to control the curriculum. The risk for participation in democratic
with this though is fringe groups self-Government, individual
may take advantage of this flexibility
freedom, personal responsibility,
and student outcomes will suffer. equality, toleration, personal
A light touch option would be best development and wellbeing.
to both give us freedom to adapt A principal focus of our education
to the fast-changing world but also system should be on preparing our
provide some boundaries. students for the real world, and in
particular empowering them with
Not only should the basics be the requisite skills to participate
taught well we should focus on what in the workforce as productive
is needed in a fast-changing world members of our community
for gainful employment. and our country.
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There is simply not enough adopted as in some public–

intergenerational wealth in New private partnerships involving
Zealand, nor the desire to raise infrastructure assets, or be a
one’s head above the pulpit, to variation of that model which allows
fund a large number of quality sponsors to compete to provide the
partnership schools in NZ. best schooling possible. This will
allow capital to flow into education
Most large corporates in NZ are and keep the ‘bad actors’ out.
now head officed offshore and
won’t have the desire or the As with the successful ECE model
budgets to fund education in NZ. in NZ, private sponsors & market
For widespread success there participants can do it better and
needs to be ability for sponsors to achieve much better outcomes
get a return on Capital which has than the state can provide via 100%
made the ECE model so state-funded Kindergartens.
successful in NZ.
This model may comprise one in

which a regulated return is
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Bad Actors
With the previous initiative Last time the involvement of
launched by the last coalition these bad actors negatively tainted
Government, there were a number all the schools, and provided an
of bad actors. When large sums of opportunity for the new incoming
money are offered to organizations Government to scrap the trial.
who are cash strapped, they will do
anything and promise anything
to obtain the cash.
Who can attend

The schools need to be made available to everyone,
not just segments of the community. Children who
thrive in these smaller school settings come from
all cultures, religions, both rich and poor. Education
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Upfront
Capital payments
Crown–funded upfront capital public funds. PR risk from the
will come with execution risk from bad actors will taint everyone.
sponsors who have little or no We prefer that the crown does
experience. My wife and I have not offer to fund the setup capital
personal experience from burning needs of the new schools. Rather
through millions of dollars of private the Sponsors role is to organise
savings as we made mistake after their own funding knowing they will
mistake setting up our own small get a return on capital. The market
innovative school in Auckland. It’s process to obtain capital will weed
one thing though to waste your own out the bad actors. This works well
money, but another to waste in the ECE sector.
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Political success
Once families have tasted choice, they will not
want to go back to the one–size–fits–all model
of the State Schools. Children are parents’ most
important investment. Every parent, no matter
who, wants the best for their children. If we can
deliver choice, loyalty to the current Government
will be long–standing.
Truancy
Imagine trying to get your children Imagine creating education that
to go to a low decile school where supports and inspires students
the teachers dish up the same stuff and teachers alike by seamlessly
they have dished up for decades. integrating the latest technolgy.
Most children would rather stay Imagine a school where each child
at home playing games on their has their own lifetime AI assistant
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devices. The answer is not to just making learning fun. When there
use the stick and try force kids’ is more fun and enjoyment school
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attendance levels up. attendance levels will skyrocket.
Offshore comparison
Looking Offshore at other charter school models
can be dangerous if not considered while thinking
about NZ’s culture, demographics and wealth
profile. Ideas can be gleaned from successful
overseas models when applying the learnings to fit
into NZ culture.
Operational cost funding

Our preference is for funding to follow the child
throughout their academic career. The funding also
needs to follow State increases, CPI, etc.
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Funding profile
for different regions
Running a school in Epsom will main populations in the cities.
have a different cost to Whangarei. This difference could be funded
There needs to be a funding or absorbed by way of modest
difference to recognize the charges or levies to parents as the
difference costs associated with State-integrated religious schools
the different geography that a implement. High decile areas can
school is located within, otherwise afford to contribute, whilst for low
all the schools will be set up in the decile areas, such a contribution
cheapest locations in NZ which would present a genuine struggle
won’t service the needs of the for most families.
Contract length
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Sponsors will not invest time nor not cancelable at the whim
capital if uncertainty exists with of a new incoming Minister.
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tenure. The previous Government The duration of a license must

showed what power the unions had be inter-generational as a bare
to close down charter schools that minimum. The only basis for
were serving the needs of diverse termination of such a license
learners, but sat outside unions’ should be non-performance, as
control. The contracts need to be opposed to changes in ideology
long and renewable, based on open at the Ministry of Education,
and agreed metrics— and above.
Preferred Supplier
We would recommend a rating system that
prioritises the best sponsors and outcomes, for
better funding and contracts to open schools.
These real-world metrics will drive the best
outcomes and achievement levels for our children.
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Achievement
Assessment Measure
What you measure is what you’ll get. worldwide we are seeing the large
PISA measures a narrow range of tech businesses laying off hundreds
measurable aspects of education. of thousands of engineers.
AI will shortly automate many We need to think very carefully
of these aspects and make the about the measurement tool
masters of them obsolete. because what we measure is what
we will get. The current PISA like
Deeply human traits such as tools will just add to the 13 years
analytical thinking, creativity, the average job seeker waits on the
leadership and flexibility, will benefit. Measures for progression
become essential. Employers a student makes are more relevant
are looking not for specific roles than hitting minimum targets
but people who can be creative, and expectations of accelerated
experiment with new ideas or progression should be included.
manage complex stakeholders.
Specific roles are been replaced We are working with the
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with lists of desired skills and University of Auckland on a

character traits. Most jobs today new Assessment Measure they
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will be obsolete by 2030. They will have been developing for use
be replaced at an alarming rate by in international schools and
AI. We have no idea what the new universities. This could be the
jobs will be as we had no idea at ideal measurement tool for our
the start of the dot-com revolution. partnership schools, and in
No one back then had heard of particular to assess comparative
a Unity designer, Crypto Analyst, performance as between state
social media marketer, search schools and partnerships schools,
engine optimizer, or a Bitcoin and as between state
mining engineer. schools themselves.
We need a modern future–

focused student achievement
measurement. Many of the
software engineering training
courses that thousands of NZ
students are on today, won’t
be needed in 5 years. AI is fast
replacing software engineers and
( 11 )
Online schools
Online schools should be included and emotional issues, religion etc.
in the funding model. This is a fast It should not just be for the wealthy
growing and successful way to who can afford the exorbitant fees
educate some children that may be of the likes of Crimson Education.
disadvantaged by location, social
International students
We want to be able to take in international students
for extra revenue and funding. Offshore students
are willing to pay high higher fees which can help
fund school operational costs reducing the burden
on the Crown.
Parent funding
Like State-integrated schools, we would want to be able to charge parents
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to supplement income to even out the high-vs-low decile communities.

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School setup timeframe

Charter schools were given and cut corners. Either give no
3 to 4 months funding to set up, funding, and include an allowance
compared to state schools that in the capital return calculation, or
have 12–24 months. This will drive give a fair and equal period of time
the wrong outcomes for the new that matches the state schools.
schools as sponsors rush the setup
Student & Parent Association
The PPTA is well funded and will do anything to protect the interest of its
members. A similar body needs to be set up and collectively funded that
represents the interests of the students and families. We are happy to
financially support the startup of this Body but will need ongoing resource
to support the growth of Partnership Schools. This will balance out the
power the PPTA has over the sector.
( 12 ) My partners, and why we care
For myself,
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( 13 )
David McDonald
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Sean Joyce
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What we all
have in common
is that the mainstream
school system failed us,
and now we want to
make a difference.
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David McDonald, Group CEO of Being AI, comments “More than many, we understand the significant impact that
emerging technologies such as AI will have on education. We also see a moment in time where New Zealand has
the opportunity to lead the world in an industry transformation that was previously impossible.
Our intention is to use our deep expertise with AI and other advanced technologies to help the education sector
transition to this new era.
The acquisition of VET is a first step forward in our commitment to this journey. It also reinforces our desire to
advance New Zealand; education being the most important lever we can pull for our country’s future happiness
and economic growth.”
Chairman Sean Joyce comments “The prospective acquisition of the Villa Education Trust assets
represents a fantastic opportunity for the Company to secure a foothold in the online education vertical, and to
start developing commercial relationships with traditional schools.
We have a specific focus on participating in the Partnership School initiative to be launched by the New Zealand
Government, and have been working closely with Government agencies to discuss the opportunities that lie ahead
in this sector. Partnership Schools will revolutionise education in New Zealand bringing choice to parents who have
children that don’t excel within a ‘one size fits all’ education model, and for those parents who cannot afford the
fees of Private Schools.
The Being executive team, and the new Board of Directors, are committed to contributing meaningfully towards
the New Zealand education landscape with the development of world class Partnership Schools, and the
introduction of advanced technologies into our schools.”
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For more information contact:

Sean Joyce
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Chair, Being AI Limited

Mobile: 9(2)(a)
Email: sean@corporate-counsel.co.nz
David McDonald
Group CEO, Being AI Limited
Mobile: 9(2)(a)
Email: david@beingconsultants.ai
Website: BeingAI.Group
linkedin.com/beingconsultants

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