Articles written By Mele-Ane Havea
Mele-Ane’s professional background spans the areas of corporate law, human rights and community law,leadership development, strategy, operations, investment management and media. She has worked in Australia (predominantly based in Melbourne and the Kimberley) and overseas (the Netherlands, the UK and the UAE).
Before taking time to care for her young children, Mele-Ane was the founding CEO of Small Giants Academy for two years during its establishment. Prior to that, Mele-Ane held various positions across the Small Giants Impact investment family office including co-CEO, strategy and portfolio manager, and general manager of Dumbo Feather.
Mele-Ane began her career in law, working at Clayton Utz in Australia in corporate law, including governance advisory work and then for international French firm Gide Loyrette Nouel, supporting their expansion into the United Arab Emirates. Mele-Ane is the co-chair of B Lab Aotearoa Australia & New Zealand and a founding board member of Regen Melbourne.
Prior to that Mele-Ane was a Director of the Impact Investment Group (impact fund manager), Tolu - Te Pae ki te Rangi, an investment fund using Maori values and principles to invest in communities, where she served as interim Chair. She also sat on the Investment Committee for Small Giants Family Office and The School of Life, a board she also chaired, finally she was also Company Secretary of the UN Principles for Social Investment.
Mele-Ane has a Bachelor of Arts (Indigenous Studies), a Bachelor of Laws, and a Masters of Business Administration from Said Business School, Oxford University where she was aSkoll Associate Fellow.
