Grant is currently a Councillor on the Manawatū District Council and serves as Chair of the Chief Executive’s Employment Committee. He has an extensive background in the farming, publishing, rural event management, education and local government sectors and has held a range of executive and governance roles, including CEO and Executive Secretary of the Manawatū Agricultural and Pastoral Association and former CEO of FarmSafe.
A direct descendant of the Rev Henry Williams and Bishop Octavius Hadfield, Grant has a keen interest in history prior and post 1840, the impact of the work and political influence of CMS missionaries and the relationships his ancestors forged with Maori at that time.
Grant has also served in voluntary leadership roles on three not for-profit organisations and still maintains an active interest in those.