Mark Weldon - BA, BCom, MCom, Dip Int'l Law (Hons), JD

Mark Weldon is a distinguished scholar, Olympic swimmer and a successful businessman, all before the age of 40.

Mark holds a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia University, New York, a diploma in International Law (Hons) also from Columbia, a MCom (Hons) in Economics, and Bachelor degrees in Commerce and Arts from The University of Auckland.

Mark worked as an attorney in New York, and then as senior adviser to CEOs at a number of Fortune 500 companies for McKinsey & Company.

Mark has been CEO of New Zealand Exchange since June 2002. In that time he has led it through its transformation into a mutual listed company, changed the exchange's overall approach, and brought home the role and relevance of capital markets to New Zealand's future to both the public and government. Mark's leadership of the NZX has marked a turning point, creating investor confidence in the New Zealand market, and attracting both national and international buyers.

Mark swam for New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games in 1990 and at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. He has recently joined the board of the New Zealand Olympic Committee, was an inaugural recipient of a Peter Blake Emerging Leader award, and is on the board of Springboard Trust, which strives to improve capabilities of charities.

Mark received a Distinguished Alumni Award in 2006.