Brendan Lindsay grew up in Pukerua Bay near Wellington. In 1982 he established the successful New Zealand manufacturing company Sistema Plastics. Following its sale in 2016, Brendan and wife Jo purchased the iconic Cambridge Horse Stud realising their joint passion for the horse racing Industry and ensuring it remained in New Zealand hands. Brendan and Jo have always been involved in helping those less fortunate and have more recently established the Lindsay Foundation to further those aims.