Elevate Capital Partners

Jonathan Cameron

Managing Principal

• Jonathan is an experienced strategy, corporate development and M&A executive with over 18 years experience leading programs of work and teams across strategic planning, M&A, investment, innovation and commercial functions.

• He has 18+ years experience working in both consulting and corporate roles at PwC, EY, boutique management consulting, American Express and most recently Air New Zealand where he led the Corporate Development and Planning team and was responsible for strategic planning, M&A and ensuring shareholder value and the commercial merits of special projects were optimised as well as getting exposure to a number of innovation and digital projects.

• Jonathan has undertaken a number of highly complex transactions as well as ensuring appropriate separation, transition and integration measures are in place to ensure the success of each transaction for both buyer and seller.

• Jonathan is entrepreneurial and commercially astute. He brings strategic, innovative and creative thinking to organisations that combine to offer an exemplar of future visionary thinking that is entirely attainable. His key passion is working with organisations, business owners, boards and management teams who want to build better businesses by unleashing their growth potential, and in doing so adding to their future success.

• Jonathan has governance experience across a number of public and private Boards including Chair of Dunedin International Airport, Chair of New Zealand Forest Managers, Deputy Chair Destination Great Lake Taupo and a Director of PMG Group, Tupu Angitu, Veterinary Enterprises Group, Waipa Networks and Tourism Investment Partners. He has held Chair roles for Audit, Risk and Investment Committees and is Chair of the Investment Committee for Tupu Angitu. Jonathan is a member of the NZ Institute of Directors, Australian Institute of Company Directors and a certified member of Institute of Financial Professionals in New Zealand.