Hamish Pinkham

Connector, Entrepreneur, Event planner, Idea generator, Lawyer, Musician, Producer, Promoter, World traveler, Writer/Editor

Hamish Pinkham is an entrepreneur, qualified lawyer and musician from Auckland, New Zealand who is currently based in Los Angeles, California. He is the Founder / Director of two music festivals - Rhythm and Vines and Rhythm and Alps. Hamish is also the Director of a tourism accommodation provider Kiwiana Accomodation, which also runs an online magazine Concrete Playground. Hamish was born in Napier, New Zealand in 1981 to parents Ross and Viv Pinkham. Ross was NZ longest serving Detective in the NZ Police, while Viv is a primary school teacher. He has two siblings - sisters Jo and Sarah Pinkham. Hamish attended Taradale High School where he was captain of the 1st XV and Head of Sport, while achieving an A Bursary on graduation in 1999. He attended University of Otago in Dunedin 2000-2004 where he received a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts Majoring in Geography. He then completed his Professional Studies or Bar Exam to be admitted to the Bar as a solicitor in 2005 before pursuing travel overseas. While still at University Hamish founded the Rhythm and Vines Music festival in 2003 with friends Tom Gibson and Andrew Witters at Witters family property in Gisborne. 1800 people attended the headlined by NZ band the Black Seeds. The annual new years eve event grew expontially to be hosting 16,000 in 2008. In 2008 the festival expanded to a three day model and hosted international acts such as Franz Ferdinand, Public Enemy and Carl Cox, along with onsite camping. This year R&V was voted Top 5 spots to bring in the new year by the Guardian Uk and the Times in London. In 2012 the festival celebrated its 10 year anniversary hosting over 30,000, with people attending from all over the world. R&V has firmly cemented itself as NZ premier music festival and given its location in Gisborne, is the first city in the world to bring in the new year. The company Hamish founded at aged 21 is now trading as the Rhythm Group with a revenue of over $7million. It is NZ's premier festival promoter along with running a series of concerts and tours in Australasia, along with Feast Gisborne Wine and Food festival. Hamish is a keen runner and completed 3 half marathons in 2012 along with a grueling 36k trail run over the world famous Able Tasman Track. Hamish is also lead singer and guitarist for bands Blackbird and Black White Dynamite, along with his own solo project. He is also on the committee of Kea Auckland a non-profit business networking organization. In 2012 Hamish completed the Icehouse Owner Manager Program for established and business owners. In 2009 he was nominated for Young Tourism Entrepreneur at the NZ Tourism Awards, while Rhythm and Vines won best Festival Event at the same awards. R&V Limited also won awards in the Westpac Gisborne Business Awards for tourism and large business categories. Hamish's partner Kimberley Crossman is an established New Zealand actress and author who is currently based in Los Angeles, CA.

Event Management