Wednesday 15 October 2008

UC has new VC

Jade Software CEO Dr Rod Carr has been appointed to the position of vice-chancellor at the University of Canterbury, effective from 1 February 2009.

Prior to joining Jade in 2003, Carr was Deputy Governor and Director of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. He has also held senior positions within the Bank of New Zealand and the National Australia Bank.

Carr has a PhD in Risk Management and Insurance, and an MA in Applied Economics and Managerial Science from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, an MBA in Money and Financial Markets from the Columbia Graduate School of Business in New York, and a LLB (Hons) and BCom (Hons) in Economics from the University of Otago.

He is a long involvement with the University. He currently chairs the advisory board of NZi3 - the national ICT Innovation Institute based at UC. He is also a director of the Geospatial Research Centre and a member of the College of Business and Economics Advisory Board.  

No comments: