Roy Thompson
Co-founder and Managing Director
New Ground Capital
Roy is co-founder and managing director of New Ground Capital, an impact investment firm known for pioneering institutional build-to-rent housing and impact investment funds in Aotearoa since 2014.
Over the last 30 years, Roy has started and grown businesses spanning prefabricated housing, hospitality, and investment management, and held senior roles in banking and investment locally and offshore.
Outside of business, Roy focuses much of his spare time on his family’s conservation reserve on Rakiura Stewart Island.
SESSIONS
Day 1
11:30
Panel: Preparing CHPs and Trusts for opportunities and challenges around financing
Where will financing come from and how to attract it
Assessing the viability of bank funding options for affordable housing
Financing future developments through impact investment
What are investors looking for from CHPs and Trusts? Are certain types of housing more attractive than others?
Roy Thompson, Co-Founder and Managing Director, New Ground Capital
Terri Eggleton, Impact Investment Manager, Bay Trust
Heiko Jonkers, Senior Product Manager - Social and Affordable Housing, Westpac
BTR Day
9:30
Panel: Reviewing existing BTR projects – what do we know and how can we improve as we cross an exciting new housing frontier
Sam Stubbs, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Simplicity Living
Roy Thompson, Co-founder and Managing Director, New Ground Capital