Aaron Hape is a public policy professional with significant experience influencing decisions in the economic, health, defence, justice, and political sectors. He is the Government Affairs Partner at Roche New Zealand and serves in governance and advisory positions in the human rights and arts sectors including for the Te Papa Foundation and the Te Kiwi Māia Charitable Trust. Aaron is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in London and is an alumnus of the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford. He affiliates to Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-ā-Rua and was the first Māori to be elected an Associate Fellow of the Royal Commonwealth Society.