Menu
Menu
Search
Home
Public sector
PEOPLE
Who runs NZ?
PEOPLE EXPLORER PEOPLE
Alex Thompson
Want to update the information? Click here

Alex Thompson

NIWA / Taihoro Nukurangi

General manager, research strategy

  • A science leader with extensive experience in research strategy, investment and evaluation.
  • Appointed to NIWA after a decade in government policy advisory, and as a science investment manager.
  • Previously carried out atmospheric research at British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge UK, University of California at Berkeley, and Forschungzentum Jülich in Germany.

Career

Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment / Te Kaitiaki Taiao a Te Whare Pāremata
Senior Advisor
Oct 2008 - Feb 2012
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment / Hīkina Whakatutuki
Senior Investment Manager, Science
Feb 2012 - Sep 2017
Thorndon School
Board Trustee
May 2016 - Jun 2019
NIWA / Taihoro Nukurangi
General Manager Research Strategy, Manager Research Development and Engagement
Oct 2017 - Present

Connected People More Connections

Simon Upton
Simon Upton
Commissioner
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment / Te Kaitiaki Taiao a Te Whare Pāremata
Jo Hendy
Jo Hendy
Chief executive
Climate Change Commission / He Pou a Rangi
Nick Manning
Nick Manning
General manager, government and industry affairs
Crown Infrastructure Partners
Libby Harrison
Libby Harrison
General manager, health and environment
ESR
Caroline McDowall
Caroline McDowall
General manager, commercial
Homes and Communities / Kāinga Ora
Vanessa Horne
Vanessa Horne
General manager, fair trading
Commerce Commission New Zealand / Te Komihana Tauhokohoko

Connected Entities More Connections

Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment / Te Kaitiaki Taiao a Te Whare Pāremata
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment / Hīkina Whakatutuki
NIWA / Taihoro Nukurangi
Thorndon School

Search for a person or entity

Type a person or entity
Made with support from