Philip (Phil) McCaw is a non-executive director of Aroa Biosurgery.
He is a resident of New Zealand, is the Founding Partner of Movac, one of New Zealand’s leading venture capital funds. He led the original investment round into AROA in 2008 and has worked closely with the Company and has served on the Board since then.
He is currently the Executive Chair and CEO of Author-IT Software Corporation, a software company that delivers component authoring solutions, enabled by AI, for the largest global pharmaceutical companies. He was also Chair of the New Zealand Government’s Startup Advisors’ Council, established to help identify and address the opportunities and challenges facing high growth start-up businesses.
Phil has over 20 years’ experience investing into New Zealand technology companies and helping to guide their growth. He was an early investor in Trade Me, New Zealand’s leading on-line trading community, which was sold to Fairfax in 2006.
Phil was also an early investor into PowerByProxi, a wireless power technology spin-out John Pinion Outside of Movac, Phil remains an active angel investor and maintains a personal angel investment portfolio. He is a strong advocate for the development of the entrepreneurial and early-stage investment eco-system in New Zealand and was the past Chair of the Angel Association of New Zealand.
Prior to starting Movac, Phil spent 10 years with Deloitte Consulting working in New Zealand and the US. As a substantial shareholder in AROA, Phil is considered by the Board to not be an independent director. Phil has a Bachelor of Business Studies (Senior Scholar) from Massey University.
