Members of Wellington’s diplomatic community turned out in force Monday morning to be among the first in the world to launch Global Entrepreneurship Week.  As New Zealand is the first country in the world to greet the new day it was also first to launch the Global Entrepreneurship Week programme which sees some 35,000 events launched across multiple countries this week.

(l to r) Robert J.Clarke (US Charge d' affaires), Mrs. Renate Stille (Brazilian Ambassador ), George Fergusson (British High Commissioner), Pedro Herrera –(Argentinian Ambassador), Thomas A. Meister (German Ambassador), Sam Morgan (Patron, GEW- NZ), Michel Legras (French Ambassador), Luis Enrique Franco (Mexico Charge d' affaires), Robert Acton (Chair, Global Entrepreneurship Week –NZ)

Sam Morgan, Ambassador GEW New Zealand:

Craig Riddle, Partner at Ernst & Young:

Rob Acton, Chair Wellington Innovation Network: