Barry Soutar (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Awa, Ngāi-Tai-ki-Tāmaki, Ngāti Kahungunu) is an executive-director of TORO Technology, an international software development company based in Tairāwhiti. He is also an owner of TORO Studios, a creative production company. Barry has a history of governance in the Iwi sector. He spent several years helping building Māori export technology companies through NZ Trade & Enterprise and Callaghan Innovation. Prior to this, he built a successful export software company operating in the location intelligence industry.