About Us

Rod Gethen

Managing Partner

Rod is a Managing Partner of Pencarrow and has over 30 years' experience in investment management, acquisitions, divestments, valuation and corporate advisory and restructuring. Prior to joining Pencarrow in 1994, Rod worked in Auckland, Sydney and London within the corporate finance practices of Deloitte and PwC and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.
Rod is currently on the boards of Shoof, The Collective and The Interiors Group.

Nigel Bingham

Managing Partner

Nigel is a Managing Partner of Pencarrow and has more than 25 years’ experience in private equity, mergers & acquisitions and corporate finance. Prior to joining Pencarrow in 2005, Nigel was a partner with investment bank, Cameron Partners, and earlier an executive at Fay, Richwhite. Nigel has a BSc (Hons) First Class in Statistics, an MSc with Distinction in Mathematics and a Diploma of Business Studies in Finance.

Nigel is currently on the boards of Netlogix, RedShield, New Zealand Frost Fans and Pacific Clinical Research Network.

Jonathan Goldstone

Managing Partner

Jonathan is a Managing Partner at Pencarrow, a member of the investment committee, and is based in the Auckland office.

Jonathan worked in investment banking for Morgan Stanley prior to joining Pencarrow, where he advised public and private companies on a broad range of M&A and capital markets transactions. He commenced his career with UBS, working in both Auckland and New York in its investment banking division. Jonathan holds Bachelor and Master of Commerce (First Class Honours) degrees from the University of Auckland.

Jonathan is currently a director of Pet Direct, Avanti Finance, Netlogix, Skin Institute, and The Collective.  He was previously a director of Icebreaker, Seequent, NZ Frost Fans, Umbrellar, Interiors Group, and alternate for BrewGroup.

Philippa Weston

Partner

Philippa is a Partner at Pencarrow and has over 20 years' experience in investment management, including strategic planning, corporate governance, operational and financial management. Prior to joining Pencarrow in 2012, Philippa was Head of Investments at Kiwibank and was previously AMP Capital Investors’ Chief Operating Officer. Philippa is a qualified lawyer, and holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Commerce and Administration.

Philippa is currently a director of Skin Institute and New Zealand Frost Fans and was previously a director of MMC and Essano.

David Watt

Partner

Dave is a Partner of Pencarrow and is based in the Auckland office.  Prior to joining Pencarrow, Dave was a managing director at investment bank, Jarden, and has over 20 years’ experience in mergers & acquisitions, divestments, corporate finance and capital raisings. Dave has a BCom in Finance, and an LLB (Hons) from the University of Otago.

Dave is currently a director of Shoof and Pet Direct.

Hazel Martin

Investment Director

Hazel is an Investment Director at Pencarrow and is based in Auckland.

Prior to joining Pencarrow in 2017, Hazel was in London working in private equity and corporate finance roles for John Lewis and the Walt Disney Company. She commenced her career with PwC in corporate finance. Hazel holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Canterbury and was a CFA charter holder 2015 - 2019.

Hazel is currently on the board of Pacific Clinical Research Network and was previously a director of Umbrellar.

Geoff Romijn

Investment Director

Geoff is an Investment Director at Pencarrow. Prior to joining Pencarrow in 2018, Geoff worked in the corporate finance team at Deloitte in Wellington as well as working in London with corporate finance roles at Colt Technology Services and United Biscuits. Geoff holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Administration (First Class Honours) from Victoria University of Wellington and is a CFA charterholder.

Geoff is currently a director of The Interiors Group.

Henry Lynch

Investment Analyst

Henry is an Investment Analyst at Pencarrow. Prior to joining Pencarrow in 2022, he worked in the Corporate Finance team at PwC in Wellington. Henry holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance and a Bachelor of Applied Science in Molecular Biotechnology from the University of Otago.