Dean Prebble

Director
Commercialisation Service Line

Dean is an experienced business analyst and management consultant. He has held senior management positions with firms such as Ernst & Young and CS First Boston.

He most recently managed an Entrepreneurship Centre located at Unitec New Zealand where he established a joint venture between the Design and Business schools to incubate new product ideas. Dean specialises is in Business Model Design and Commercialisation Strategy and he is well published in these areas. Dean has worked as a consultant for a variety of sectors including manufacturing, software, healthcare, tourism and leisure and food and beverage.

Dean holds a Master of Commerce in Marketing and International Business and certificates from the Society of Investment Analysts. He was an early member of the New Zealand Venture Capital Association, Incubators NZ and the Ice Angels and was a contributor to the formation of the government's seed co-investment fund (SCIF).