The Delivery Decade Starts Now: Modern Grids. Smarter Systems. Sustainable Futures: Powering Aotearoa's Energy Transition.
Hayden Mackenzie
Head of Energy Investment Invest New Zealand
Hayden Mackenzie is the Head of Energy Investment at Invest New Zealand – New Zealand’s investment promotion agency. Hayden focuses on the attraction and acceleration of investment into energy and industrial projects in New Zealand.
Hayden supports New Zealand businesses in their investment preparation, ensuring they are investment ready and ready to meet with investors. He works closely with investors and developers from across the world to smooth their entry to New Zealand.
In his career prior to joining NZTE, Hayden worked as an exploration geologist in New Zealand, Indonesia, and Canada before transitioning into ESG consulting and venture capital.
Hayden holds a BSc in Geology and MSc in Engineering Geology from the University of Canterbury, Master of Legal Studies from the University of Auckland, and an MBA from the University of British Columbia.
Agenda Day 1
4:45 PM Investor Panel - The Investor Verdict: Where Capital Is Going in New Zealand Energy and What Could Stop It
Infrastructure investors, green finance leads, and project finance directors give their unvarnished read on the NZ market.
The deals being structured right now - asset classes, risk profiles, and the appetite that's changed since 2024
Policy risk vs. market risk: which is the bigger deterrent to new capital in 2026 and what would move the dial
What NZ projects need to demonstrate to compete with Australian and global alternatives for the same institutional capital
Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Hayden.
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