Amanda is Bruce’s only daughter. Amanda was born in London, England, and grew up in Walton on Thames, Surrey, in a house called Muriwai, named after the beach where her father won his first race.

As a Registered Nurse, Amanda started her career in the Operating Theatre before moving on to more senior roles in Resuscitation, Occupational Health, and Emergency Management. After gaining her Masters of Nursing degree, Amanda worked in management, educational and leadership roles, and sat on New Zealand nursing and resuscitation advisory boards.

Amanda’s passion is anything with four wheels (ideally with a McLaren badge on it) or four legs. She is a horse owner and follows a philosophy of keeping a horse as naturally as possible and using psychology to educate and teach them.

Amanda and her husband Stephen both worked for McLaren Automotive in England as Brand Ambassadors. Despite having ‘retired’ from these roles, they are still attending events for the company and are now Brand Ambassadors for both McLaren Automotive and McLaren Racing.

Amanda is also Patron of the Women’s Motor Racing Associates Club (“The Doghouse”) and of Motorsport Endeavour.

Amanda is delighted to have taken on the role of Trustee for the Bruce McLaren Trust and is excited to see it assisting young New Zealanders to achieve their dreams.

For nearly forty years Michael Clark has been dovetailing his professional life with a deep passion for motor racing. He has established a reputation as a respected historian, author, magazine contributor, commentator, and speaker that has enabled him to forge connections, and often close friendships, with a number of New Zealand's highest profile motorsport personalities.

Michael has worked as a registered valuer since 1982 and has served the Institute of Valuers as both a Branch Chairman and National Councillor. In addition to his new role as Chairman of the Bruce McLaren Trust, he is a Trustee of the Kiwi Driver Fund and Chairman of North Island Historic Ford, a category he has competed enthusiastically in since 2007.

He and his ever-supportive wife Sandy have three grown-up daughters and four grandchildren.

Stephen was born and raised in Auckland, the eldest of four boys. From a young age he had a passion for motor racing with bedroom walls covered with motor racing pictures and photographs and a collection of motor racing books which began with the book ‘Trio at the Top’. His career began teaching Physical Education at Papakura High School. A career change two years later saw him joining the New Zealand Police based in South Auckland.

A move to Wellington to join the Diplomatic Protection Squad proved to be a significant change for him. As a personal protection officer, his driving skills came to the fore and before long he was training staff and helping to run courses at the Royal New Zealand Police College. Selected to drive the Popemobile and the security car for the Queen were highlights for him. He was appointed as a Driving Instructor running Recruit Driving courses and a variety of Advanced Driving Courses. While working at the Police College he became involved with the Police Museum and became the Honorary Curator of Historic Police Vehicles.

He held positions as President of the Wellington BMW Car Club, Clerk of the Course which led to him organising and running Advanced Driver Training and Racecraft Skills courses.

Although Stephen left the Police and began to work for the New Zealand Olympic Committee, his interest in motorsport continued. Married to Amanda McLaren, they continued their involvement with motorsport events and driver training.

In 2014, they received an invitation and went to the UK to work as Brand Ambassadors for the newly formed McLaren Automotive. After seven and a half years, it was time to retire back to New Zealand but the retirement did not last long for them both.

A proposal to take over as trustees of The Bruce McLaren Trust was accepted and along with the continuing contact with McLaren and involvement in some of their events, McLaren felt that they would like to bestow the titles of Honorary Brand Ambassadors for Racing and Automotive.

He feels that the proposed new direction of the Trust will provide some very exciting opportunities and a much greater awareness of one of New Zealand’s real heroes. Stephen is looking forward to working with the other trustees to promote Bruce McLaren to New Zealanders and help them realise that the McLaren Formula One team and McLaren Supercar company of today was created by a New Zealander, Bruce McLaren.   

Karl Sentch is a lifelong motorsport enthusiast with a deep passion for preserving and celebrating New Zealand’s racing heritage. Married with three sons, Karl has spent the past 15 years competing in the historic saloon car scene, where his love for classic machinery and motorsport history truly shines. He is a founding member of the Historic and Vintage Racing Association (HVRA) and plays an active role in the revival of Formula Atlantic racing in New Zealand. Motorsport is very much a family affair for Karl, who also enjoys supporting and helping his son across the various race classes he competes in. Karl is committed to supporting the Bruce McLaren Trust and its mission to honour Bruce’s remarkable legacy. He is particularly passionate about the Trust’s work in inspiring and developing young New Zealand engineers, ensuring the spirit of innovation that defined Bruce McLaren continues to thrive in future generations.

Craig’s childhood was shaped by living on RNZAF air bases throughout the country with his parents. Together they bounced from base to base and school to school which was no doubt the catalyst that grew into a lifelong passion for aircraft. At the same time following his dad to many a New Zealand Grand Prix meant motor racing equally consumed every moment of his spare time. Craig currently lives in Takapuna, Auckland with his wife Nina and two boys – Noah and Jude. Nina was born in Germany, and the decision was made in 2013 to spend some time living in Hamburg to allow the boys to get a feel for the other half of their heritage. The boys had a deep dive in to the language at a German school, while Craig took a sabbatical and spent time exploring the city with Nina while planning trips on the weekends and holidays where possible. Craig likes to be hands on - building and flying museum scale jet model aircraft some of which are 5m+ long and get along at 400kph. He restored and ran a Lotus 18 Formula Junior with his father, ran a Brabham BT-21 for 4 years and is now doing the spanner work on the two Formula Fords with his boys. Craig has owned and run an advertising business in Auckland for 30+ years with a focus on property marketing. This became the perfect industry to allow him to expel his energy, and he is proud of the iconic place brands they have developed which have in turn helped shape Auckland. Craig is a former Bruce Mclaren Trust trustee and now that he has a little more time on his hands is excited to be back on board for round two.