"Renewable Fuels: A Major NZ Bio-Business Growth Opportunity"  

The career of Dr Ian Maxwell has encompassed research, technology and new business development with the Shell Group in Europe and the US at the senior global executive level. He was also the co-founder and CEO of two successful high technology European start-up companies. On returning to New Zealand, he held the position of general manager at Auckland UniServices. More recently he has been the co-founder and CEO of Maxall Energy, a renewable fuels company.

Based on his broad experience in science, technology and innovation, he has recently written a book entitled: “Managing Sustainable Innovation: The Driver for Global Growth” which has now been published by Springer in the US and marketed globally.