Professor John Raine has been appointed Chair of the Board of Research and Education Advanced Network New Zealand Ltd.

New chair for REANNZ

REANNZ are pleased to announce the appointment of Professor John Raine to the position of Chair of the REANNZ Board.

“We are delighted to welcome Professor Raine as our Board Chair. Massey University is an authority in the use of KAREN for accelerating research productivity and for improving operational efficiency. We are thrilled to have such a senior figure from one of our leading Members taking REANNZ into the future,” said Donald Clark.

John is currently Regional Chief Executive for the Albany campus of Massey University and for international operations across the university, providing strategic leadership, policy development and management. He has significant experience in leading commercial research and technology commercialisation, which he has enacted at Massey University and during this previous role position of Pro Vice-Chancellor (Enterprise and International) at the University of Canterbury. These esteemed recent positions are supported by a strong background in teaching and research in mechanical engineering, product and business development.

John is a current board member of the Committee for Auckland Ltd, IPENZ, the Massey University e-centre Ltd, and the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology. He chaired the Tertiary Education Commission PBRF Engineering, Technology and Architecture Panel for the 2006 Research Quality Assessment round and has been a member of the 2008-2009 PBRF Sector Reference Group.

John takes up the position as REANNZ Chair on 1 September 2009. He replaces Dr Jim Watson, who retired on 30 June 2009 after a 3-year term as Chair, and Jane Taylor who has been Acting Chair for July and August. The company is grateful for both their contributions and their ongoing support.