NEXT Governance

NEXT founders Neal and Annette Plowman wanted a board that was small, flexible and philosophically aligned, with people they knew and trusted
The thinking in the original strategic plan included creation of a specialist advisory panel and an emphasis on governance when selecting partners
Providing governance and management support was a trait of the Plowman’s early philanthropy and has continued under NEXT
NEXT supports various high performance organisations in the areas of environment and education. Support of these partners nearly always includes a NEXT representative (the ‘waka kaihautū’ or NEXT navigator) engaged at governance level
NEXT carefully considers the governance structure for the organisations it invests in (by way of grants) and if an investable organisation doesn’t exist NEXT may build it