Notable Alumni

UC is proud of the great diversity that has always existed at the University and of how UC graduates have excelled in a multitude of areas through a wide range of achievements.

Andrew Oh

LLB 1992
Partner at Duncan Cotterill Laywers

Anna Fifield

GradDipJ 1998
Editor at the Dominion Post

Anna Lawrence

BEd 1995
Former Olympian and GM Commercial NZ Cricket

Anote Tong

BSc 1976
Former President of Kiribati

Anthony Romano

BCom 1989
CEO Worldwide for Church & Co

Arihia Bennett meet our alumni homepage

GradDipSocWork 1988
CEO of Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu

Craig Nevill-Manning

Craig Nevill-Manning

BSc(Hons) 1990
Distinguished Software Engineer at Google

Craig Price

BE (Hons) 1987
Director & Chair of Beca NZ

David Jaggar

MSc (Hons) 1991
Inventor of the ARM microchip

David Teece

MCom 1971
Executive Chairman at Berkeley Research Group, LLC

Dick Frizzell

DipFA 1964
Artist

Dominick Stephens

Dominick Stephens

BSc (Hons) 2000
Deputy Secretary/Chief Economic Advisor at The NZ Treasury

Donald Couch

MA Christchurch Teachers College 1959
Ngāi Tahu Iwi Leader

Fraser Whineray

Fraser Whineray

BE (Hons) 1993
Chief Operating Officer at Fonterra

Fred Chong 2

MEM 1999
Founder of WebTVAsia

Gemma New

MusB (Hons) 2010
Principal Conductor & Artistic Advisor at NZSO

Jamie Schiel

BE (Hons) 2014
Co-Founder and CTO at Stable Auto

Jeff Field

MA (Hons) 1975, GradDipJ 1984
Former UC Registrar

Jo Tyndall

MA(Hons) 1981
New Zealand High Commissioner to Singapore

Julian

Julian Benefield

LLB, BCom 2005
General Counsel and Company Secretary, Foodstuffs North Island Limited

Juliet Tainui-Hernandez

Juliet Tainui-Hernandez

LLB and BA (Maori) 1999
Assistant Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand

Justice Vui Nelson

Justice Vui Clarence Nelson

LLB 1978
Judge Supreme Court of Samoa

Justine Ross

DipT 1989
Co-founder of 42 Below Vodka

Kathryn Topp

BSc 1998, GradDipMGT 1999
CEO and Founder of Yabble

Leasi Scanlan

Leasi Papali'i Tommy Scanlan

BSc (Mathematical Economics) 1978
Samoa's High Commissioner to New Zealand and the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps

Lexie Matheson

Christchurch Teachers College 1964
Activist, Academic, and Performing Artist

Lianne Dalziel

LLB 1985
Mayor of Christchurch

Liz Calder

BA 1959
Editor and Publisher

Liz Chesterman

BA 1989, GradDipSocWork 1991
Chief Executive at the Cancer Society of NZ

Marcia Butterfield

Marcia Butterfield

BA 2004
Managing Director at Neat Places

Mark Stewart

BCom 1984
Honorary Consul for Malaysia

Maui Solomon

LLB 1984
Barrister and Activist

Melanie Mark-Shadbolt

Melanie Mark-Shadbolt

BA 2002
Deputy Secretary Tūmatakōkiri (Māori Rights & Interests) for the Ministry for the Environment

Michael Sutherland

Michael Sutherland

BE (Hons) 2004
Chief Transformation Officer at Real Madrid

Michael Wolfe

LLB 1979
Managing Partner at Lane Neave

Miriama Kamo

BA 1995
Broadcaster, Journalist and Presenter

Nick Loosley

BCom 2017
Founder of Everybody Eats

Nick Swallow

BSc 1999 GradDipMGT 2003
Trade Commissioner, UK and Ireland, NZTE

Petra Bagust

BFA 1995
Television Presenter and MC

Phil veal

BE (Hons) 1992
Investor and Advisor

Raewyn Lovett

LLB 1983
Director at Sport New Zealand

Rob Fyfe 2

BE (Hons) 1983
Multi-company Director

Rodney Hide

BSc 1979
Former Leader of the ACT Political Party.

Roy Kerr

DSc 2015
Mathematician

Ruth Richardson

Ruth Richardson

LLB (Hons) 1972
Former MP and Minister of Finance

Sandra Clair

PhD 2019
Founder of Artemis

Sara Clemens

MA 1995
Senior Advisor at Blackstone

Sharon Zollner

BA 1997, MCom 1998
Chief Economist ANZ

Sir John Key

BCom 1983
Former Prime Minister of New Zealand

Stella Ward

BSLT 1994, BA 1998
Executive Director of Cloud Programme at Department of Internal Affairs (NZ)

Steve Wakefield

Steve Wakefield

BCom 1981, BSc 1985, MCIVILENG 2020
Professional Director and former Managing Partner at Deloitte

Tipene O'Regan

Tā Tipene O'Regan

LittD 1992
Teacher, academic, Chief Negotitaor for Te Kerēme

Thiam Soon Tan

BE (Hons) 1979
President of Singapore Institute of Technology

Vicki Hyde

BSc 1985, BA 1986
Science Writer and Editor

Warren Poh

BE (Hons) 2005, MEM 2006
Principal Consultant at Poh Consulting Limited