The current trustees of the New Zealand Harkness Fellowships Trust (Inc) are:
Pattrick Smellie (Chair), business journalist and co-owner of BusinessDesk
John Boshier (Treasurer), former energy sector executive and consultant. Director, Boshier Consulting Ltd.
Dr Roger Blakely Councillor, Greater Wellington Regional Council, professional director
Aphra Green, public sector consultant
Peter Griffin, science and technology freelance journalist, New Zealand Listener, RNZ, Stuff
Our patron – Professor Sir Richard Faull, neuroscientist and acclaimed academic who specialises in human neurodegenerative diseases. He is a professor of anatomy and director of the Centre for Brain Research at the University of Auckland.