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Peter Roborgh

Peter Roborgh

Partner Christchurch

Peter is the South Island partner for Platform 1.

Peter had an early interest in life/business stage decision making, choosing to study and research career and business transition for his post-graduate degree at Canterbury University back in the 1980s. He published several articles on his findings at that time.

His career then started in marketing and commercial roles for some of New Zealand's largest corporates but quickly moved to managing businesses in the small to medium sector. Peter has extensive experience across many industry sectors, both as a business manager and a business owner. He has started, grown and successfully exited several companies and is very experienced in planning and implementing change for growth and matching management talent to the unique characteristics of each business.

Peter continues to be passionate about helping business owners get life and business stage decisions right and the breadth of his expertise and experience is highly valued by Platform 1 clients.

Our Team

Rob Young

Director

Rob is the Founding Director of Platform 1, the market leaders in Business Owner Transition

Mike Warmington

Mike Warmington

Director

Mike is a Director of Platform 1, the market leaders in Business Owner Transition.

Peter Roborgh

Partner Christchurch

Peter had an early interest in life/business stage decision making, choosing to study and research career...

Ailsa Perkins

Partner Auckland

Ailsa joined Platform 1 because she was attracted to the ‘everyone wins’ outcomes of the Platform 1 process. She has experience across a number of industries including; food manufacturing, retail, transport, financial services and manufacturing - as a result of a varied career thus far in technical, sales and marketing and general management roles, not to mention having had several successful small businesses of her own.

Tom Rodden

Partner - Taranaki/Hamilton

With a background in business ownership and education Tom is passionate about the Platform 1 process and how it helps a business owner exit on their terms. As a school Principal for twenty years and business ownership over fifteen years Tom has the knowledge on what builds value in a business and how the owner can leverage that value to create a successful and profitable exit. That is why he is committed on partnering with business owners who wish to unlock the value in their business.

Simon Yock

Partner - Auckland

Following on from a highly successful corporate sales and sales management career, Simon has owned a number of his own businesses across multiple industries and geographies, many with business partners. In these businesses he has focussed on the development of high performing teams and enduring business partnerships. Because of his deep interest and expertise in collaborating with and motivating people he has enjoyed significant success in these businesses.

Scott McFarlane

Scott McFarlane

Partner - Auckland

Scott has extensive commercial experience working with both leading international companies and in his own business. With a proven track record in successfully growing businesses, developing new opportunities and managing change throughout New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.