A director of the Reserve Bank of NZ since January 2010.
Vice-chancellor of the University of Waikato.
Has also served as a director of NZQA since 2010, and is currently deputy chair.
Former professor of economics at the University of Western Ontario and Victoria University, Wellington, teaching and publishing research in industrial organisation, money and finance, and economic history.
Has a BA and MA from Canterbury University and a PhD from Toronto University.