Nelson resident Blair Cameron, 34, has worked as consultant to international financial institutions, including the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, since 2017. Prior to that, he worked as a Senior Research Specialist at Innovations for Successful Societies, a public policy centre at Princeton University.

Following the 2023 election, Blair returned to working for the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, as well as teaching for Stanford University’s Leadership Academy for Development, working remotely from his home in Nelson. 

Blair was raised in the rural South Island community of Highbank and attended Mount Hutt College, Methven, before winning scholarships to study at the United World College of Hong Kong and at Brown University in the United States.

Earlier this year Blair was a contestant in NBS Dancing for a Cause and shaved his hair off to fundraise $100,000 for the Nelson Tasman Hospice.