Geoffrey Bevan Lorigan CNZM (born 18 August 1950) is a New Zealand leadership development specialist, mentor, and businessman.[1][2][3]
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Born | Geoffrey Bevan Lorigan 18 August 1950 New Zealand |
Career
editIn 1979 Lorigan started his CEO career at Canterbury Dairy Farmers (subsequently South Island Dairy Farmers and now part of Fonterra), before moving to the United Kingdom where worked with Associated New Zealand Farmers Ltd, a New Zealand importer group.[1]
In the 1980s Lorigan also chaired the New Zealand Lamb Promotional Council in the United Kingdom.[1]
In 1998 Lorigan was appointed Professor of Strategy, and directed the MBA and Executive Programmes at the University of Otago.[4][5] In 2001 he was appointed Professor of Strategy, Director of the MBA and Executive Programmes,[6][7] and Associate Dean of the Business School at the University of Auckland.[1][5][8] He was also an adjunct professor of Leadership at Queensland University of Technology.[9]
Lorigan's inaugural professorial lecture at the University of Otago presented his strategic analysis of the University and was titled "Surviving success: strategic implications for the University of Otago" (1998).[10]
He is the founder and director of the Institute for Strategic Leadership (2001)[11] and founder and Managing Director of Smart Leader Ltd (2008).[1][12]
He is a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management and a Freeman of the City of London.[13]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "New Year Honours 2022 – Citations for Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit". New Year Honours 2022 – Citations for Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2022. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ "New Year Honours 2022: Dr Geoff Lorigan, CNZM". NBR | The Authority since 1970. 30 December 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ^ "New Year Honours: Business leaders recognised". NZ Herald. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ^ "University of Otago Inaugural Professorial Address" (PDF). 18 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ a b "University of Otago & University of Auckland Business Cards" (PDF). 18 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ "Auckland MBA receives international accreditation". www.scoop.co.nz. 18 September 2002. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ "On the move". New Zealand Management. 31 July 2002. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- ^ "University of Auckland Calendar" (PDF). 2003. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ "Adjunct Professor Geoffrey Lorigan". Queensland University of Technology. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ "Surviving Success: strategic implications for the University of Otago". otago.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ "New Year Honours 2022: Dr Geoff Lorigan, CNZM". National Business Review. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2022. (subscription required)
- ^ "New Year's Honours 2022 – The University of Auckland". www.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ "Geoffrey Lorigan Citizen and Butcher of London". Retrieved 26 May 2022.