3 New Appointments to Waiariki Senior Team
3 November, 2014
3 New Appointments to Waiariki Senior Team
Waiariki Institute of Technology is pleased to announce 3 new appointments to its Senior Team.
Director of Learning, Quality and Student
Experience
Dr David Gough comes to Waiariki with
extensive experience in academic management. Currently
Director of Academic Support and Development at Victoria
University in Melbourne, David was previously Dean of the
Faculty of Health, Humanities and Science at Christchurch
Polytechnic Institute of Technology for five years. Prior to
relocating to New Zealand in 2000 David was Professor and
Chair in the Department of Linguistics at the University of
the Western Cape in Cape Town, South Africa. David gained a
PhD in African Languages and Linguistics from Rhodes
University. David is passionate about student support and
change management in education and has led many initiatives
to enhance the student experience. David said ‘I am
delighted to join Waiariki and to work with its distinctly
bicultural context’. David commences his new role on 5th
January 2015.
Human Resources
Manager
Daniel Parkham joins Waiariki from
heading the Human Resources Directorate at the Delta Group,
a large multisite visual communications Company in the UK. A
graduate from the University of Warwick Daniel has a
Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resource Management and is a
member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and
Development. Previous HR positions have been with the Ford
Motor Company and Metronet Rail in the UK. Daniel has
extensive experience in employee relations, payroll and
recruitment and training. Married to a kiwi Daniel is
looking forward to living and working in New Zealand and to
joining Waiariki. He says ‘I was attracted by the large
and diverse nature of Waiariki Institute of Technology and
this opportunity to work with a wide range of professional
staff to achieve our ambitions for the institute'. Daniel
will start work with Waiariki on 17th November
2014.
Head of Registry Services
Robyn
Skelton has worked at the Bay of Plenty Regional Council for
seven years as Land Management Manager. She held
responsibility for establishing systems and processes to
create the land management team, having responsibility for
Tauranga Harbour and Kaituna catchments. She previously
worked in the education sector as a programme leader and as
a developer of education systems including training. Robyn
is looking forward to joining Waiariki, having had extensive
experience in establishing and working with operational
delivery systems, and in administration and auditing
systems. Robyn gained a Bachelors degree from the University
of Waikato, has a Diploma in Teaching and a Masters in
Education from Deakin University Australia. With her strong
analytical and systems process background Robyn is looking
forward to returning to her home town of Rotorua, and to
working at Waiariki. She said she was attracted to the post
because of Waiariki’s positive reputation, particularly in
its commitment to developing student potential. Robyn takes
up her post on 27th November
2014.
ENDS