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Grant Klinkum
NZ Qualifications Authority / Mana tohu Mātauranga o Aotearoa
Chief executive
- Joined NZQA in early 2014.
- Has occupied deputy chief executive positions.
- Previously seconded to the Ministry of Education.
- Responsible at different times for stakeholder engagement, the chief executive’s office and the tertiary investment function for the Tertiary Education Commission, 2007- 2014.
- Earlier deputy chief executive for an Institute of Technology, and Dean of Faculty at two tertiary education organisations.
- PhD in political science from Victoria University, a Master’s in education administration from Massey University and an MA from Canterbury University.
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