Hon Steven Joyce
Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment

1 September 2016

New appointment to TEC board

Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce has today announced a new appointment to the board of the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC).

Dale Karauria, currently chair of Careers New Zealand, an organisation whose functions are soon to be transferred to the TEC, will help oversee that transfer in her new role as member of the TEC’s board.

“Ms Karauria will bring a fresh perspective to the TEC’s work, particularly as the Commission continues to grow its focus on providing quality careers information and data to young people to help them make better study choices that work for them,” Mr Joyce says.

It was also announced that Phil O’Reilly, former chief executive of Business New Zealand and Vanessa Stoddart, who also has wide-ranging business experience, are both being re-appointed to the TEC board.

The TEC is responsible for funding tertiary education in New Zealand, assisting people to reach their full potential and maximising the contribution of tertiary education to the social and economic well-being of the country.

Biographies:

Dale Karauria:

Dale Karauria (Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Kahungunu) is the current Chair of Careers NZ. She is a director with Dakoda Visions Ltd, a consultancy that works across the government sector. Before this Ms Karauria worked at Te Puni Kōkiri as a director for Māori Potential Policy and was Senior Manager, Iwi and Māori education partnerships at the Ministry of Education.

Vanessa Stoddart:

Ms Stoddart is a professional director. In June 2016, she was appointed to the board of the Financial Markets Authority. She is currently a director of The Warehouse Group Limited, New Zealand Refining Company Limited, Paymark Limited and Alliance Group Limited. Previously, she was Air New Zealand’s Group General Manager for People and Technical Operations. Before joining Air New Zealand she was Chief Executive and General Manager for Performance Improvement, Strategy and New Ventures for Carter Holt Harvey’s packaging business.

Phil O’Reilly:

Mr O’Reilly is a director of Iron Duke Partners. He is the former Chief Executive of Business NZ, New Zealand's largest business advocacy group. He is Chair of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee of the OECD. Other governance experience includes Joint Chair NZ Workplace Health & Safety Council, member of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation and member of the Hui Taumata Trust (Māori Economic Development).

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