Business Growth Lab
Join us at our complimentary Business Growth Lab workshop to work on your business - dissecting business problems and engineering business solutions to achieve your business growth and goals. Business Growth Labs are run quarterly in Auckland, Hamilton, and Tauranga, with limited spaces available.
As trusted advisors and accountants to New Zealand SMEs, we understand how challenging it is for business leaders to balance daily firefighting with big-picture strategic planning, alongside managing their personal lives. At KPMG, we assist our clients in working on their business, not just in it, so they can stay focused and better prepared to seize opportunities and remain resilient in today's fast-changing world.
KPMG Business Growth Lab
Business Growth Lab is designed exclusively for business owners and decision-makers who are serious about growth, performance, and long-term value. We share practical tools and best practises to help you identify business priorities that create value for your business.
Dissect business problems to identify high value opportunities or problems to pursue.
Meet other likeminded business owners.
Walk away with a 90-day action plan to drive focus and momentum.
Key dates and locations
Upcoming Workshop:
Auckland : Wednesday 26 November, 2025
Hamilton : Tuesday 11 November, 2025To express your interest in one of the above workshops, please complete the registration form below. If you are interested in attending but can’t make these dates, you can still complete the registration form to indicate your preferred location and we will reach out to you when dates become available.
More information
We'll get together in-person at the KPMG office in a small cohort of approximately 6-8 like-minded businesses.
Our day together in the workshop will focus on two areas to develop a 90-day action plan for your business to focus on.
1. Dissect problems: we work through a series of tools to examine potential business problems from an internal and external lens.
2. Engineer business solutions: we help you prioritise which problem or opportunity is of highest value or impact for your business, which will be the focus of your 90-day action plan
KPMG Business Growth Lab is for the key decision-makers of privately owned businesses seeking to make a change in their business, to either achieve growth, improve performance or build value for future exit. Each business brings 1-3 attendees who are the owners, directors, or senior managers responsible for the overall and financial performance of the business.
You are likely:
• A privately owned business that has been trading and already have a commercialised product in the market;
• Are a medium-sized business or a smaller business with high growth potential looking to scale up;
• Not a ‘sole trader’ – you’ll have team members and other complexities to manage;
• A key decision-maker in the business, with a growth mindset
Facilitators
Nick Swallow
Director, Enterprise Advisory | Auckland
Nick's area of expertise are in sustainability, strategy, marketing and international trade, with sector experience across agri-business, education, utilities and F&B. He currently leads KPMG New Zealand’s mid-sized business sustainability consulting and advisory services. He has completed a Master of Sustainability Leadership at the University of Cambridge, and his research has focussed on sustainable practices in New Zealand SMEs, purpose-led business leadership, and greenhouse gas emissions reduction in dairy farming. Prior to joining KPMG, Nick was NZTE’s Trade Commissioner to the UK and Ireland, and developed support services for Kiwi exporters to thrive offshore in European markets.
- MSt, Sustainability Leadership, Cambridge University
- GradDip, Management, University of Cambridge
- BSc,Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Canterbury
Sandra King
Associate Director, Enterprise Advisory | Auckland
Sandra has 20 years’ experience at an executive leadership level working across commercial strategy, digital transformation, product distribution, business management strategic advisory, project management, research and insights and executive leadership management in New Zealand, Australia and APAC.
Sandra works with businesses and organisations seeking growth or making process improvements to how they do things and how they build efficiencies, use data and insights, improve customer experience, improve market presence, increase income and value. She has worked in the professional services industry for five years, including having her own strategic advisory business. This has seen her work across a wide range of sectors including media, FMCG, construction, retail, automotive and healthcare.
- NZ Certificate in Company Direction
- NZ Bachelor in Advertising and Marketing AUT
Rei-Chel Ong
Associate Director, Enterprise Advisory | Auckland
Rei-Chel has held various roles across Innovation, Strategic Planning and Commercial Finance in large multinational corporates in New Zealand and Singapore, before joining KPMG to help businesses develop strategies to achieve their future ambitions.
She is experienced with navigating complex business environments to identify key strategic challenges and to communicate strategic plans effectively across all levels within a business. Rei-Chel also supports our clients in implementing their long-term strategy, by setting up a cadence of execution that builds momentum towards achieving their goals.
- Bachelor of Commerce, University of Auckland
- Bachelor of Laws, University of Auckland
- Chartered Accountant, Chartered Accountants Australia New Zealand
