Three new professors and $1.35 million worth of sponsorship toward new Chair of Finance will give the University of Auckland’s Business School some added intellectual grunt this year.
Last month the Bank of New Zealand announced its five-year investment in Finance Chair to promote the research and teaching of corporate finance, investment and risk management. Its aim is to improve New Zealanders’ understanding of how financial institutions in this country operate and how they affect the lives of ordinary Kiwis, according to BNZ managing director, Peter Thodey.
The Business School also announced three professorial appointments. Marie Wilson (formerly associate professor) has been made professor of management and head of department. Hugh Whittaker, who is currently professor at Doshisha University Business School in Japan, has been appointed professor of management. Taking up newly established position as professor of leadership is Brad Jackson, current director of the Centre for the Study of Leadership at Wellington’s Victoria University.
Agri experts warn New Zealand’s food and fibre future could arrive by default rather than by design
Management Editorial Team
June 24, 2026
Despite near universal optimism in the rural sector, a panel of New Zealand’s leading food and agri minds say the sector must be intentional about its future path if it’s to successfully navigate the social, economic, environmental and technological forces impacting its operating environment.
