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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
Andrew Oh

LLB 1992
Partner at Duncan Cotterill Laywers

 
Anna Fifield
Anna Fifield

GradDipJ 1998
Editor at the Dominion Post
Anna Lawrence
Anna Lawrence

BEd 1995
Former Olympian and GM Commercial NZ Cricket
Anote Tong
Anote Tong

BSc 1976
Former President of Kiribati
Anthony Romano
Anthony Romano

BCom 1989
CEO Worldwide for Church & Co
Arihia Bennett meet our alumni homepage
Arihia Bennett

GradDipSocWork 1988
CEO of Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
Brianne West
Brianne West

BSc 2015
Founder & CEO, Ethique
Craig Nevill-Manning
Craig Nevill-Manning

BSc(Hons) 1990
Distinguished Software Engineer at Google
Craig Price
Craig Price

BE (Hons) 1987
Director & Chair of Beca NZ
Daisy Lavea-Timo
Daisy Lavea-Timo

BA, BSc 2006, GradDipTchLn 2010, MBA 2018
Leader, poet, creative
Darryl Stevens2
Darryl Stevens

BA 1980
Chief Executive, New Zealand Business & Parliament Trust
David Jaggar
David Jaggar

MSc (Hons) 1991
Inventor of the ARM microchip

 
David Teece
David Teece

MCom 1971
Executive Chairman at Berkeley Research Group, LLC
Dick Frizzell
Dick Frizzell

DipFA 1964
Artist
Dominick Stephens
Dominick Stephens

BSc (Hons) 2000
Deputy Secretary/Chief Economic Advisor at The NZ Treasury
Donald Couch
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
Fred Chong

MEM 1999
Founder of WebTVAsia
Gemma New
Gemma New

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

BCom 1985
CEO at Link Asset Management
Guyon Espiner
Guyon Espiner

BA 1993
Journalist
Jamie Schiel
Jamie Schiel

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

 
Jeff Field
Jeff Field

MA (Hons) 1975, GradDipJ 1984
Former UC Registrar

 
Jo Tyndall
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
Justine Ross

DipT 1989
Co-founder of 42 Below Vodka

 
Kathryn Topp
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
Lexie Matheson

Christchurch Teachers College 1964
Activist, Academic, and Performing Artist

 
Lianne Dalziel
Lianne Dalziel

LLB 1985
Former Mayor of Christchurch

 
Liz Calder
Liz Calder

BA 1959
Editor and Publisher

 
Liz Chesterman
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
Mark Stewart

BCom 1984
Honorary Consul for Malaysia

 
Maui Solomon
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
Michael Wolfe

LLB 1979
Managing Partner at Lane Neave
Miriama Kamo
Miriama Kamo

BA 1995
Broadcaster, Journalist and Presenter
Nick Loosley
Nick Loosley

BCom 2017
Founder of Everybody Eats
Nick Swallow
Nick Swallow

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

BFA 1995
Television Presenter and MC
Phil veal
Phil Veal

BE (Hons) 1992
Investor and Advisor
Raewyn Lovett
Raewyn Lovett

LLB 1983
Director at Sport New Zealand
Rob Fyfe 2
Rob Fyfe

BE (Hons) 1983
Multi-company Director
Rodney Hide
Rodney Hide

BSc 1979
Former Leader of the ACT Political Party.

 
Roy Kerr
Roy Kerr

DSc 2015
Mathematician

 
Ruth Richardson
Ruth Richardson

LLB (Hons) 1972
Former MP and Minister of Finance
Sandra Clair
Sandra Clair

PhD 2019
Founder of Artemis

Sara Clemens
Sara Clemens

MA 1995
Senior Advisor at Blackstone
Sharon Zollner
Sharon Zollner

BA 1997, MCom 1998
Chief Economist ANZ

 
Sir John Key
Sir John Key

BCom 1983
Former Prime Minister of New Zealand

Stella Ward
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
Thiam Soon Tan

BE (Hons) 1979
President of Singapore Institute of Technology
Vicki Hyde
Vicki Hyde

BSc 1985, BA 1986
Science Writer and Editor

 
Warren Poh
Warren Poh

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