Mitchell Grant has over 20 years of experience as a senior marketing professional, corporate consultant, and in data-driven operations management. He previously served as Group Head of Marketing at Harrisons NZ, Senior Brand Manager at MediaWorks NZ, Commercial Brand Manager at Bauer Media Group, and Managing Director at AGATHA Paris (ANZ) as well as Business Manager for Hengtai Energy in China.
Mitch is an accredited Business Mentor with Business Mentors New Zealand (BMNZ). He has won 15 Trusted Brand Awards in the last six years. In 2025, he won Supreme Franchise System of the Year at the Westpac Franchise Awards. In 2014, he won a New Zealand Marketing award for Heart Foundation NZ.
He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Auckland University of Technology, majoring in Management and Marketing, and is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (MICIM). He also studied Chinese language and literature at Auckland University.
His goal at AIC is to ensure every learner builds practical, high-velocity commercial competencies that instantly make them high-value assets to employers or equip them to build scalable businesses of their own. By bridging the gap between academic theory and real-world business implementation, he aims to help learners achieve this in a fun, safe, and inclusive environment.
Outside of work, Mitch loves cooking and baking. He specialises in anything Italian, including pizza, pasta, and bruschetta, and makes all of his kids’ birthday cakes. You'll find him working out at F45 Training most evenings and weekends, or taxiing the kids to their next activity, including coaching Under-12 soccer.
Mitch is deeply passionate about New Zealand’s tertiary sector and believes AIC is the safest, cleanest, most fun, creative, innovative, and beautiful place in the world to learn and work.
