AUT Chancellor Rob Campbell in discussion with AUT VC Damon Salesa
Provocation as a Governance tool?
A conversation with Rob Campbell, CNZM
Rob Campbell has been a private and public sector leader and advisor for more than 40 years but has seldom done or said the expected.
His approach to speaking up and taking action on things he believes are important for New Zealand have characterised his career, and seldom made for a quiet life.
From work promoting diversity; commercialising energy emissions innovation; appointing New Zealand’s first Pacific University Vice-Chancellor; to criticising government policy and being fired from Health New Zealand as a result, Rob has consistently lived by his values.
Described in a New Zealand Hearld article as ‘the anarchist who conquered the corporate world’, Rob has served as a union leader, chaired various corporate boards and received the Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit award in 2020 for his services to business.
Join us for a frank conversation between Rob and AUT’s Vice-Chancellor, Damon Salesa.
Rob is one of New Zealand’s leading professional directors, with more than 40 years’ experience in capital markets and as director and advisor to local and international businesses and organisations.
He is committed to seeing Aotearoa take a leadership role in the field of emissions lowering energy innovation and commercialisation, and is passionate about improving diversity and inclusion, promoting sustainability as a core value, and creating equality in the organisations he is involved with.
Rob trained as an economist and holding degrees of BA (Hons)(1st) and M.Phil. (Economics) Rob joined the union movement in the 1970s and became a member of the Federation of Labour and Labour Party executives. He was previously a Director of numerous private and public sector companies and is currently chair of SkyCity Entertainment Group Ltd, Summerset Group Ltd, Tourism Holdings Ltd, WEL Networks Ltd, Ara Ake Ltd, NZ Rural Land Co Ltd and was Chair of HealthNZ.
In 2019, Rob was awarded the Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) and is a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Directors (CFinstD). He was recognised as a Distinguished Alumni of Victoria University (Te Herenga Waka) in 2019.
Rob s became Chancellor in 2021, presiding over AUT’s growth and development to a top 1% world ranked university.
Date: 30th Oct
Time: 5.30pm to 7.30pm, presentation followed by refreshments and networking
Venue: Auckland University of Technology, Room WG308, 55 Wellesley Street East, Auckland CBD, Auckland 1010
Cost: Members $60 inc GST, Non-Members $70 inc GST
