Vesta Finance wins Supreme Award at 2026 Yorb Hawke’s Bay Business Awards

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Napier’s Vesta Finance & Advisory took top honours at the 2026 Yorb Hawke’s Bay Awards on Friday night, winning the Supreme Award and the title of Best Emerging Busin ...

Hygge at Clifton Bay took out the Excellence in Business category at Friday's business awards.

Napier’s Vesta Finance & Advisory took top honours at the 2026 Yorb Hawke’s Bay Business Awards on Friday night, winning the Supreme Award and the title of Best Emerging Business.

Tumu Group’s John O’Sullivan was named 2degrees Leader of the Year for nearly five decades of service to business and philanthropy.

The Hawke’s Bay Chamber of Commerce hosted the annual event at the Napier War Memorial Centre, with Yorb as principal sponsor.

Former bankers Jess Shaw and Jessie Parker founded Vesta and grew it to a team of eight in 18 months. Based in Ahuriri, the firm advises clients on home loans, commercial finance and KiwiSaver, and offers free financial education to the public.

The judges said Vesta stood out for “the maturity, discipline and ambition it has demonstrated in an extraordinarily short period of time”. They praised the founders’ financial planning and investment in their team, which helped the firm keep its advice personal as it took on more clients.

Tumu began as a timber yard in Dannevirke in 1975. O’Sullivan helped grow the family business into a group that employs hundreds of people across sectors including timber processing, property and retirement villages.

His community work has helped young people access education and supported families facing illness or hardship. He founded the Evergreen Foundation, which grew out of a tradition of Tumu staff pooling money to help others.

After Cyclone Gabrielle, the foundation raised $3.6 million and distributed it directly to communities to help them recover.

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