Tim Alpe
Managing Director, LyLo
Auckland · Est. 2020 · By invitation only
Where leaders from
across the country
come to listen, learn
and be challenged.
One speaker. One evening. No recording.
The Long Table is a private, under-the-radar dinner for an invited group of New Zealand's most curious business owners, leaders and professionals. A few times a year, we gather around one insightful guest — and hold a conversation worth remembering.
20
Seats at the table
3×
Per year
100%
Invite-only attendance
0
Recordings. Ever.
Format
Less stage. More table.
No panels. No microphones. No name tags. Just twenty or so business owners, leaders, and professionals, a single guest, and the kind of long, unhurried conversation that doesn't happen at conferences.
No slides. No moderator running a clock. The evening is structured to let a genuine conversation develop — between the guest and a room full of people who've seen things.
7:00 PM — Seated
Dinner begins
Guests are seated and introductions are made over the first course.
7:30 PM — The guest takes the floor
A conversation, not a keynote
A brief opening from the guest — their story, their idea, their provocation. Then the table takes over with questions and conversation that can go anywhere.
Until the evening runs its course
Under the radar
No recording, no live-posting, no press. What's said at the table stays there.
The audience
Who's in the room.
The Long Table brings together twenty business owners, leaders, and professionals drawn from across New Zealand's economy. Our members span medicine, insurance, professional services, consulting, manufacturing, the military, transport and logistics, technology, retail, financial management, tourism, brewing, and recruitment — a deliberately diverse cross-section united by curiosity, seniority, and a genuine appetite for honest conversation and challenge. There are no observers at this table. Everyone is here to engage.
The next dinner
Thursday, 13 August
Past guests
Who's previously joined us
A small sample of the business owners, leaders and professionals who've joined us over the past few years.
Chris Quin
Chief Executive, Foodstuffs North Island
Todd Hunter
Group CEO & Executive Director, Turners Automotive Group
Bruce Cotterill
Company Director, Advisor & Author, The Best Leaders Don't Shout
Roger Gray
Chief Executive, Port of Auckland
Mike Bush CNZM
Chief Commissioner, Victoria Police; Former Commissioner, New Zealand Police
Laurie Margrain
Professional Director; Chairman, Open Country Dairy
Nick Leggett
Chief Executive, Infrastructure New Zealand
The venue
Non Solo Pizza, Parnell.
A quiet back room at one of Auckland's most loved Italian restaurants. The food is unfussy and excellent — the kitchen knows us, the wine list is deep, and the room was built for the kind of evening we throw.
Drinks from 6:30pm. Seated by 7:00pm.
259 Parnell RoadParnell, Auckland 1052
New Zealand
RSVP
Reserve your seat.
Seats are limited to twenty and we curate the room carefully. Your ticket covers a three-course dinner.
The Long Table · 13 August
Non Solo Pizza, Parnell · Drinks 6:30pm
NZ$120
per seat
Secure checkout via Stripe. You can cancel up to 7 days before the dinner for a full refund.