Linda Rooney

MA (Hons) University of Canterbury, 1986, M Inst. Dir

Director of PINZ since February 2002, Linda was appointed Chair in 2005. She is a self-employed international marketing consultant, specialising in international strategy and client relationship management, services marketing and marketing training. She brings valuable experience in the international consultancy markets in which PINZ operates, including work for third country governments, development banks and bilateral donors, and has extensive on the ground experience in Asia and the Pacific.

From 1996-2002, Linda was the International Marketing Manager for Opus International Consultants Ltd, New Zealand’s largest engineering and environmental consultancy company, focused particularly on projects in Asia and the Pacific. Linda’s previous experience includes positions with the New Zealand Trade Development Board and the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, including a posting at the New Zealand Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand. Linda speaks Thai, Mandarin Chinese and Japanese.

John Harré

BA, University of Auckland, 1959
Dip Teach, Auckland Teachers’ College, 1957
PhD, University of London (L.S.E.), 1963
NZOQ Quality Systems Auditing Qualification [IRCA certified]
Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) [For services to education.]

Formerly Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Otago and Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of the South Pacific, John was the Founding Director of Hawkes Bay Community College (now EIT), Dean of Arts at Auckland Institute of Technology (now AUT) and the Director of the Fiji Institute of Technology (responsible for re-structuring the Institute and developing a quality management system). John has chaired numerous ITP degree and sub-degree accreditation panels and is currently a lead Auditor for ITP Quality. He has also recently been involved in negotiating the transfer of ITP programmes to the Sultanate of Oman.

Pim Borren

Dr Pim Borren is currently Chief Executive at Waiariki Institute of Technology in Rotorua. Waiariki employs over 400 vocational teaching and administrative staff across four campuses in Rotorua, Taupo, Whakatane and Tokoroa.

Previously, he worked as Deputy Chief Executive at Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology CPIT), a tertiary education provider with over 2000 staff. Pim had eight executive reports including direct responsibility for the five Deans of CPIT’s teaching faculties. Prior to this role Pim was the Dean of Commerce at CPIT.

Pim holds a PhD in Economics and has also worked as the Director of Business at Christchurch College of Education before joining CPIT. He has also previously operated his own economics consulting company where he managed numerous policy-related projects involving multi-disciplinary teams and a variety of sponsors. He built up a specialization in the health sector and, as one of New Zealand’s leading authorities on health economics, continues to be called upon to commentate on health reform.

Pim has been a Lecturer in Economics, Professional Economist and Economics Research Fellow and has worked at several New Zealand universities as well as in the UK. Pim has had a high profile academic career, with many publications and co-authorship of a book to his name. Pim is also a trained teacher and began his career in education as a secondary teacher.

Pim has had involvement in several private company directorships, is a member of the NZ Institute of Directors, the NZ Association of Economists, was a Director of the Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce (and Chair of the Audit Committee) and a Director of the Christchurch Rotary Club.

Mark Flowers 

Prior to joining Wintec on October 7 2002 Mark held the position of Chief Executive of Hawke’s Bay District Health Board and its various predecessors.

While he originally trained as a scientist, Mark moved early in his career into community work, gaining experience in the health and welfare systems in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. He worked in the health sector in the Hawke’s Bay from 1977 and was appointed Chief Executive in 1996, assuming responsibility for revenues in excess of $200 million, net assets of $37 million and more than 1600 staff. Prior to that he was Development and Planning Manager and Chair of the regional hospital planning task force and for five years, Surgical Services Manager.

At Wintec, Mark has responsibility for revenues of $65 million, more than 1200 staff and 14,000 students.Mark has made a significant contribution to the local scene since late 2002.

His is on the Board of Katolyst, the Board of ITPNZ, is on ITPNZ CEO’s Committee and is a member of the Chamber of Commerce.

Tony Gray

 Tony Gray has been Chief Executive of NMIT since October 2006. He has a long career in the tertiary education sector in both private industry training and polytechnics.