Courage, tenacity, strategic thinking and teamwork - in the world’s worst environments.
Tenby’s experience spans the private business sector, government entities, the military, and charitable / not-for-profit organisations.
He was educated at the University of Waikato, gaining a Master of Management Studies in International Business with First Class Honours, and was awarded Distinguished Alumnus in 2010. He also attended Harvard Business School and was educated in the New Zealand Defence Force where he holds the rank of Colonel in the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
Tenby has held senior management positions in leading New Zealand corporations, Fletcher Challenge and Skellerup Group, prior to forming private investment company, Hunter Powell Investments Limited in 1999.
His mix of commercial, military, government, and not-for-profit experience has created a rich and deep cross-sector knowledge base enabling an ability to work effectively with diverse cultural and socio-economic groups domestically and internationally.
In June 2022, Tenby formed Kiwi K.A.R.E (Kiwi Aid & Refugee Evacuation), a registered New Zealand Charitable Organisation which has been operating in Ukraine for over 20 months, delivering hundreds of tonnes of humanitarian and medical aid to Red Zone hospitals and front-line medical units, and conducting evacuations of civilians.
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The Humanitarian Face of War
On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. Like many around the world, Tenby Powell was horrified and immediately put words into action, travelled to Ukraine and established Kiwi K.A.R.E (Kiwi Aid & Refugee Evacuation).The Humanitarian Face of War
Kiwi K.A.R.E has since delivered Over 250 missions completed
• Over 625,000 kilometres travelled (across Europe & in Ukraine)
• 35 ambulances delivered from New Zealand and Australia
• 7 service support vehicles purchased by Kiwi K.A.R.E, including 1 truck
• 3 containers of medical aid shipped from New Zealand
• Over 400 people evacuated (either through in situ operations or facilitated by Kiwi K.A.R.E funding), including patient transfers and long-haul evacuations of entire family groups to Western Ukraine and Poland.
• Over 1,000 beds delivered to hospitals
• Over 3,000 stoves and water heaters fabricated and distributed to families
