As the Head of Sustainable Business Development, Blake helps the bank ensure its clients are in the strongest position themselves to best manage increasing environmental, societal and market risk as well as seizing opportunities created by a scarcity of resources and a growing global population.
This includes contributing towards Rabobank policy submissions to government on regulation affecting the sector, producing reports and podcast for our clients which examine issues linked to sustainable farming and developing new products and services aimed at helping client’s businesses be more commercially and environmentally sustainable.
Hailing from a sheep ad beef farming family, Blake has an MBA from Otago University and practiced as an environmental lawyer specializing in resource management before joining Rabobank.