Martin Bell

Director of Entrepreneurship & Innovation at AUT 

Martin has been working on the front-lines of innovation, entrepreneurship, media and technology for more than 25 years. As the co-founder of Idealog, Good and stoppress.co.nz , Martin helped to launch some of New Zealand’s most highly-regarded and durable media brands and he is the recipient of multiple New Zealand Magazine Awards.

Martin is now Director of Entrepreneurship & Innovation at AUT and is the Executive Producer of Project Connect, New Zealand’s premier event programme focussed on digital innovation and commercialisation. If that wasn’t enough to keep him busy, he is also the Founder and CEO of JAVA Hi-Fi, a high-end boutique audio manufacturer that makes some of the world’s best-sounding amplifiers.