Today’s event is about making business connections
between visual exporters, French investors,
companies going to New Zealand soon on a big
delegation visit.
We wanted to bring these people together about
a common passion of rugby, this is why
Dan Carter will be helping us to do that, and
a common passion for France and New Zealand.
New Zealanders and the French have a lot in
common, none more so than our passion for,
you know, great food and wine.
The spirits for innovation and entrepreneurship is something that I think the French
and the New Zealanders share.
New Zealand is like-minded with France on
many issues, we’re on the Security Council
and we work very closely with France on a
lot of international issues.
The people here in France, they know you from
New Zealand and they treat you like family,
it’s amazing.
So it’s a very special feeling.
My time in the All Blacks I learnt a lot,
more so than team culture and leadership.
We’re extremely sort of grateful and have
an amazing you know, humility and that’s
the key ingredient to having any kind of success,
whether it’s on the sporting field or in business.
It’s the saying “go for the get”.
When you’re leading, that’s exactly what
you need to do, is to adapt and change your game.
Successful companies are innovators and are
not afraid to disrupt the market.
Now, these are All Black values but we like
to think they are Kiwi values too.
I hope that when you visit New Zealand, that
you’ll see these values shining through. And thank you.
