Wills gain new life in digital age
Where there's a will there's a way, but for many New Zealanders, a will is something that gets put off for another day.
That reluctance to confront the future has opened a business opportunity for Andrew Barnes.
Using digital tools to make it cheap and easy to write a will is just one of the ideas the managing director of Perpetual Guardian has on the boil to shake up the staid trust company industry - not just in New Zealand, but globally.
Barnes, who is in the running for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year award, says New Zealand is a fantastic launchpad for international innovation, which is reflected in his own industry.
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That reluctance to confront the future has opened a business opportunity for Andrew Barnes.
Using digital tools to make it cheap and easy to write a will is just one of the ideas the managing director of Perpetual Guardian has on the boil to shake up the staid trust company industry - not just in New Zealand, but globally.
Barnes, who is in the running for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year award, says New Zealand is a fantastic launchpad for international innovation, which is reflected in his own industry.
When I first came here, I came here with the intention of reforming a company and I've ended up reforming an industry. And the industry is not the trust industry; the industry I see is legal services.Legal services for me is the last great unreformed profession in the world.
- News From - http://m.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11493145
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