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Matthew Tukaki (born 10 August 1974 Upper Hutt, New Zealand) is a New Zealand born Australian businessman. Tukaki is best known as the former Head of Drake International, one of the worlds oldest employment companies and latterly as the founder of Entrehub, formally Co-Founder of the Sustain Group, formerly a Director of the Board of Australia's Indigenous Chamber of Commerce and a current member of (Australia's peak mental health body, Suicide Prevention Australia ). He has been Chair of Deakin Universities Centre for Social and Responsible Organisations since 2012, Chair of the International Advisory Board of the joint initiative between the United States National Science Foundation and the University of Sydney (BESERG) and Founder of the global entrepreneurs movement, (EntreHub ). He is a best selling author of more than ten (eBooks ) ranging from social media engagement, sustainability and (entrepreneurship ) to raising capital and (crowd funding ).In 2014 Tukaki was appointed a member of the World Class New Zealand Network that seeks to promote New Zealand, its business and its culture around the world. In 2015 Tukaki was appointed as Chairman of Australia's National Coalition for Suicide Prevention and has been a Non-Executive Director of the Board of that countries peak mental health body, Suicide Prevention Australia. Tukaki remains a member of a number of public and public sector boards. Tukaki is of Ngai Te Rangi descent and has strong tribal affiliations with Matakana Island which is off the coast of the city of Tauranga in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty. Tukaki attended the prestigious St Patricks College Silverstream (88-92) in Wellington, New Zealand. ==The United Nations Global Compact== Matthew Tukaki was the United Nations Global Compact's Australian Representative from 2010 until 2013. In 2012 he led Australia's business delegation to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (also known as Rio+20). In May 2013 he was (officially appointed by United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon ), as an ''ex officio'' Director of the Board of the United Nations Global Compact. In that same month he was also elected as the Chairperson of the United Nations Global Compact's Local Network Advisory Group; he retired from these roles in November 2013. He was the first person to be elected as Australian Representative and the first person to be appointed by the Secretary General in the role of LN Representative on the Governing Board of the UNGC. He was also the first Australian / New Zealander and the first person of Maori descent. Tukaki has been active in his support for business and industry to play a larger role when it comes to sustainable development and the United Nations Post 2015 Agenda. In an (interview with Radio New Zealand ) in September 2013, Tukaki also indicated a strong desire for business to play a primary role in developing technological advances as a way to solve some of the "big challenges of our time". Tukaki retired from his role as Australian Representative to the United Nations Global Compact in November 2013. In 2014 ((in his published memoir )) Vice Chair of the United Nations Global Compact and former Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell, Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, recognised Tukaki's work and leadership during the reform process after he was elected as Chairman of the Local Networks Advisory Group. The significance of the reform agenda led to a range of new initiatives being developed such as a new collaborative fundraising framework, deeper engagement with transnational and multinational corporations and a frontier fund to help United Nations Global Compact Networks with material and financial support. In February 2014 Tukaki announced the formation of a new global initiative to be known as (EntreHub ). The organisation was formed to support budding entrepreneurs with a target of having 100,000 people involved in the conversation by the end of 2014. EntreHub announced in January 2015 that there were now more than 50,000 members located across 130 countries. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Matthew Tukaki」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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