The major part of Jonty’s career has been invested working in Australasia and the Middle East. Most prominently in Abu Dhabi where he worked within the government’s special event team. On return to New Zealand he took his passion for people development and transformation and founded the specialist training and performance consultancy, Equanimous Education.

Jonty joined the School of Hard Knocks coaching team in 2019 and remains committed to evolving the coaching support that is offered to rangatahi on their journey towards employment and a meaningful life. He is the author of the curriculum Mindfit – Equipping Youth for Their Employment and Future ©, professional coaching program The Resilience Model™ and is co-founder of The Community Leadership Platform initiative.

Jonty is a former New Zealand Freestyle Ski team member, and has run ultramarathons all over the globe. While he has lived much of his teenage and adult life as an expat, he comes from a remote part of the Waikato called Pukeatua where his family are 5th generation farmers.