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Quentin ClarkunlockedTony: together at Dropbox (2017–2019)
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Chief Executive Officer at Ask Nicely
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Ask Nicely's investors · 6
Angel HQWellington · $5K – $600K checks · since 2021Arc AngelsAuckland · since 2021Blackbird VenturesSydney · $149K – $60M checks · since 2021Five Elms CapitalKansas City · $15M – $150M checks · since 2021Icehouse VenturesAuckland · $120K – $2.4M checks · since 2021NZ Growth Capital PartnersAuckland · since 2021
Co-founders at Ask Nicely
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Aaron WardExecutive Officer, Director
Experience
- AskNicelyChief Executive Officercurrent2025 — presentPortland, Oregon, United States
- AskNicelyNon Executive Directorcurrent2024 — presentPortland, Oregon, United States
- New Zealand Trade and EnterpriseBeachhead Advisor-North America (Technology)current2024 — presentAuckland, New Zealand
- AirTreeAirTree Advisorcurrent2022 — presentSydney, New South Wales, Australia
- ArchiProNon Executive Director2025 — 2026Auckland, New Zealand
- TradifyChairman of the Board (Acquired by The Access Group)2023 — 2024Auckland, New Zealand
- Arinex Pty LtdNon Executive Board Member2023 — 2024Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Go1Chief Revenue Officer2023 — 2024Boulder, Colorado, United States
- Zapid HireNon Executive Board Member2022 — 2024Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- XeroPresident & CEO, The Americas at Xero2019 — 2022Denver, Colorado, United States
- DropboxAustralia & NZ Country Manager at Dropbox2017 — 2019Sydney, Australia
- SurveyMonkeyManaging Director Asia Pacific2014 — 2017Sydney, Australia
- LinkedInANZ Director of Sales, Talent Solutions2013 — 2014Sydney, Australia
- LinkedInHead of Relationship Management-ANZ2012 — 2013Sydney, Australia
- Business365 Pty LtdFounder2010 — 2011North Sydney
- MicrosoftChief Marketing & Operations Officer at Microsoft Australia2008 — 2010Sydney, Australia
- MicrosoftMid Market Sales & Marketing Director2006 — 2008Sydney, Australia
- MicrosoftServer & Tools Business Group Director2004 — 2006Sydney, Australia
- MicrosoftChief Marketing & Operations Officer at Microsoft NZ2003 — 2004Auckland, New Zealand
- MicrosoftGroup Manager2001 — 2003
- MicrosoftGroup Product Manager2000 — 2001
Skills & more
Board LevelStrategyCloud ComputingSales ManagementStart-upsProduct MarketingBusiness StrategySaaSLeadershipBusiness DevelopmentCRMChannel
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ManagementProduct ManagementGo-to-market StrategyEnterprise SoftwareSocial MediaProduct DevelopmentEntrepreneurshipChange ManagementLead GenerationE-commerceMulti-channel MarketingPartner ManagementLanguages English · French
- Honored Listee — Marquis Who's Who
- Certified Member (CM) — C100
- MAICD — Australian Institute of Company Directors
- Six Sigma Green Belt — Six Sigma
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Tony Ward?
- Chief Executive Officer at Ask Nicely
- Where does Tony Ward work?
- Tony Ward is Chief Executive Officer at Ask Nicely.
- Where did Tony Ward go to school?
- Tony Ward studied at Harvard Business School (Company Directors Course); University of Auckland (Bachelor of Commerce, Management Science and Information Systems; MSIS); University of Manitoba (Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology and History (Double Major)).
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Also attended University of Auckland240
EgilInvestor at InvestinorGiovanni PericoliniInvestor at MedicxiFrancesco MonacaInvestor at Giant Ventures Global LlpAvantika GuptaPrincipal at Type One VenturesEd BarkerPrincipal at Square Peg CapitalJono ManickamAssociate at Square Peg Capital
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Also attended University of Manitoba93
Jay HumPrincipal at Mighty CapitalDaven PatelPartner at Bow CapitalMurray McCaigCo-Founder and Managing Partner at ArcTern VenturesLorenzo AriottiFinancial Analyst at Black Dragon CapitalChris KojimaManaging Director, Global Head of Capital Solutions at General AtlanticChris FalloonPortfolio Development at Dell Technologies Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at New Zealand Trade and Enterprise22
Shama Amalean SkinnerFormer COO of Thinx Inc., Obama USA Leader for the Obama Foundation at XRCAaron SmallInvestment Principal at GD1Lance WiggsCo-Founder at Punakaiki FundLance WiggsPartner at Climate Venture Capital FundNick FogartyOperating Partner at Altered CapitalBen AndersonOperating Partner (Leadership); Venture Partner at Movac
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Also worked at Dropbox192
Drew HoustonCo-founder & CEO of DropboxArash FerdowsiCo-founder of DropboxQuentin ClarkInvestment Team at General CatalystAna AndreescuInvestor at Index VenturesMark GoldbergInvestor at Index VenturesRachel HansenInvestor at Index Ventures
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Also worked at LinkedIn316
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersDylan FieldCo-founder, CEO & Chair of FigmaRyan HrabakInvestor at LightbankBen CasnochaSilicon Valley-based entrepreneur, author, and investor
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Also worked at Microsoft2,000
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates FoundationMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic
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