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About
David Hall is co-founder and executive director of Toha Network, which develops digital infrastructure to direct investment toward nature and climate action. He holds a DPhil in Politics from the University of Oxford and has served as a Senior Lecturer in Climate Action at Auckland University of Technology, a Policy Advisor for Rewiring Aotearoa, a contributing author to the IPCC AR6 WG2 report, and founding director of the Climate Innovation Lab. Hall is an Industry Fellow at AUT and a Principal Investigator for its Living Laboratories Programme, and in 2019 published A Careful Revolution: Towards a Low-Emissions Future, a collection of essays on just transitions in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Experience
- Toha NetworkExecutive Directorcurrent2025 — presentAuckland, New Zealand
- Toha NetworkPolicy Director2023 — 2025New Zealand
- Auckland University of TechnologyIndustry Fellowcurrent2025 — presentAuckland, New Zealand
- Auckland University of TechnologySenior Lecturer2023 — 2025Auckland, New Zealand
- Auckland University of TechnologySenior Lecturer2019 — 2022Auckland, New Zealand
- Auckland University of TechnologySenior Researcher2016 — 2019Auckland
- Rewiring AotearoaCo-Founder and Policy Advisor2022 — 2024New Zealand
- Mōhio / Climate Innovation LabFounding Director2017 — 2023Auckland, New Zealand
- Institute for Governance and Policy AnalysisResearcher2016Wellington/Auckland
- Bridget Williams BooksEditor2015 — 2016Auckland
- Pure AdvantageResearcher and Contributor2015 — 2016Auckland, New Zealand
- Blavatnik School of GovernmentTeaching Assistant2015Oxford, United Kingdom
Skills & more
Strategic Communications2Creative Ideation2Policy Analysis2Systems Thinking2Public Policy3Editing4Journalism3Public Relations3Research4
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- Who is David Hall?
- David Hall is co-founder and executive director of Toha Network, which develops digital infrastructure to direct investment toward nature and climate action. He holds a DPhil in Politics from the University of Oxford and has served as a Senior Lecturer in Climate Action at Auckland University of Technology, a Policy Advisor for Rewiring Aotearoa, a contributing author to the IPCC AR6 WG2 report, and founding director of the Climate Innovation Lab. Hall is an Industry Fellow at AUT and a Principal Investigator for its Living Laboratories Programme, and in 2019 published A Careful Revolution: Towards a Low-Emissions Future, a collection of essays on just transitions in Aotearoa New Zealand.
- Where does David Hall work?
- David Hall is Founder of Toha.
- What companies did David Hall found?
- David Hall founded Toha.
- Where did David Hall go to school?
- David Hall studied at University of Oxford (D.Phil, Politics); Victoria University of Wellington (Master of Arts (M.A.), Political Science and Government).
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Victoria University of Wellington mafia24
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Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockMichael MoritzFormer Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia HeritageGabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of HarveyDominic JacquessonInvestor at Index VenturesErin Price-WrightInvestor at Index VenturesJan HammerInvestor at Index Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Toha Network1
Also worked at Auckland University of Technology11
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