Tracy Atkin

Startup Mentor

2024 - Current

Finding and developing Aotearoa New Zealand’s earliest entrepreneurs through a nationally coordinated startup coaching program.

Board Chair

2021

Governance and Capital Strategy Advisor, Board formation and acting Chair.

Independent Director

2022

Supporting Rangitāne o Wairau to continue to grow sustainable wealth, status and influence through it's commercial activities.

Independent Director

2022

Chief Executive Officer

2020

We invest in start-ups and small businesses to help them grow and thrive. MCL provides funding, capital raising and corporate advisory services to small and growth-stage businesses, including strategic planning, business mentoring and governance. We connect Founders with each other and broad networks to maximise synergies within our portfolio. We work with a range of investors to syndicate deals, and are sector agnostic, but with a growing agtech portfolio.

Establishment Manager

2017 - 2020

Establishing a national grape and wine research institute in Marlborough, and leading two key initiatives - a climate change adaptation research programme for the NZ wine industry, and building a national research winery in Marlborough.

Project Manager - Sustainability

2014 - 2017

Leading a Continuous Improvement project to extend the Sustainable Winegrowing NZ Program. Project-managing the software implementation of Sustainable Winegrowing NZ's new Scorecard platform. Strategic planning. Business Process Re-engineering. MPI viticulture financial benchmarking programme.

Process Improvement Consultant

2008 - 2014

Management Consulting, specialising in full life-cycle project management, end-to-end process re-engineering, accounting and business management. Consulting to both the wine industry and financial services industry.

Management Accountant

2012 - 2014

Financial and Management Accounting. Business Process Improvement, focusing on stock management.

Supply Chain & Production Manager

2010 - 2011

Logistics and Production Manager. Managing the supply chain and procurement, and overseeing the bottling and export processes.