Evening Inspire - a chat with Simon Bridges

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Join us for the first Inspire of 2023 - a chat with Simon Bridges, CEO of the Auckland Business Chamber.  

To kick off the 2023 Inspire series, this event will be held in the afternoon with finger food and refreshments provided.   

Simon Bridges is a New Zealand leader and household name given his time in politics and his high media profile over many years.

A lawyer turned senior National politician and MP for Tauranga, Simon held a raft of senior responsibilities in New Zealand politics, including as Leader of the National Party and of the Opposition.

As a Minister in the Key/English governments Simon held a wide variety of Ministerial portfolios including Economic Development, Transport, Communications, Energy & Resources, Labour, Associate Finance and Leader of the House.

Prior to Parliament, Simon started his career in a national law firm and was then a Crown prosecutor for several years conducting many serious criminal jury trials.

Simon has an LLB (Hons) and BA from Auckland University where he received a Senior Law Prize, and a Bachelor of Civil law from Oxford University (where he met Natalie). In addition, Simon has studied at the London School of Economics and interned at the British House of Commons as part of a Chevening-Hansard Society Fellowship.

In 2021 Simon’s personal memoir, National Identity, became a bestseller, and received significant critical acclaim. It is a heartfelt wide-ranging book of self-reflections and on what it means to be a New Zealander.

Simon has recently retired from politics and today is the CEO of the Auckland Business Chamber.
In addition to his commercial and media work Simon is husband of Natalie and dad to Emlyn, Harry and Jemima. At home he enjoys board games and getting out and about with his kids. He also plays the drums (enthusiastically but not so well these days) and likes red wine, podcasts and reading.

Inspire events are sponsored by Vison Complete Earthworks