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Our Services
Specialist Project Management
We are able to integrate and partner with you to provide a boost to your capacity, or take full leadership of a project on your behalf.
Research & Reporting
From published conference papers to leading national and international research reports, we are able to assist the delivery of desktop research, expert insights and internal or externally published content.
Workshop & Event Facilitation
Whether facilitating an interactive, engaging and impactful conference panel, or delivering a comprehensive workshop series, the best delivery comes from the best preparation.
Entrepreneurship Support
We are able to provide one-off or ongoing services for corporate venture capital, accelerator programmes, strategy support, and analysis.
Mentoring
After spending over a decade mentoring, teaching and coaching young people and adults, bespoke one-off sessions, or three month, six-month or long-term relationships are available.
Bespoke requests
As 'specialist generalists' if you have a request which isn't captured within the described services, we may still be able to support you.
Our Past and Present Clients
Our Current Projects
Special Agri-Food research report project
Leading the development of a unique global thought leadership content series and report to be released at several significant global events around the world.
KPMG
Case Study author 'Empowering innovation, sustainability and food security through smallholder farming'
Creating through expert interviews and industry insights, an internal case study to showcase Bayer's opportunity for impact on smallholder farming with a unique innovation offering, to be used for a world championship case competition.
Bayer CropScience
Progamme Manager, global start-up strategy
Delivering a comprehensive start-up programme for the global fertiliser industry through the IFA, including the development of events, competitions and online showcase & collaboration platforms.
International Fertiliser Association
About Jack
Managing Director, Keeys Consulting.
Jack combines the fields of business, science, and technology in the areas of sustainability and innovation, with his primary specialisation being across agriculture and food systems.
His industry experience includes roles as a business development manager and international business lead in agri-technology company Farmax, Global agri-food network co-ordinator and senior manager at KPMG, and Implementation Director for a leading environmental trust The Aotearoa Circle.
In addition to founding an alternative coffee start-up and his specialist consultancy business, Jack engages in numerous extra-curricular activities. Encouraging talent into the sector has been a core focus of his, including establishing the Rabobank agri-leadership programme for high-school students, co-ordinating Young Farmers events, participating in several mentoring programmes, and Chairing the IFAMA International Young Board.
Jack has been recognised for his contributions to the sector and the wider community through awards including semi-finalist for New Zealander of the Year, winner of the Inspiring Stories New Zealand Community leader award, and Oceania RYLARIA of the year partly for his efforts in raising over $50,000 for charities through challenges such as completing a gumboot marathon, a 100km barefoot walk, and hiking 14 mountains in 10 days.
After studying, working and contributing across New Zealand, Jack has recently relocated to Toulouse, France to support a new set of international clients, now offering services across Oceania, Europe and the rest of the world.
Articles
March 29, 2024
Is a successful 'hyper-local' food system really possible? Yes… Minjat!
The supermarket scene in France shares similarities with New Zealand, consisting of a few large and consolidated chains that dominate the landscape, leading to high retailer profits, lower diversification of produce, higher prices for consumers, and reduced sharing of value across long and complicated supply networks.
March 21, 2024
From Palmerston North to Paris, A glimpse into agri-food accelerators on opposite sides of the globe
Each have their quirks, but there are some stark differences between Palmerston North, and Paris. This is no surprise with an age gap of 2200 years, and distance of 18,929.6km separating the two cities. But what's something they have in common?
May 23, 2023
How can New Zealand's agri-innovation ecosystem become the world leader it should be?
Agriculture is the beating heart of New Zealand. It's the lifeblood of the country's economy; it dominates the beautiful and biodiverse landscapes of the nation and is one of the most common threads between our international connections.
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