Board of Trustees

Tahir Nawaz

Tahir Nawaz is a senior analyst of Muslim affairs based in Wellington. He has been involved in community service as
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Libby Giles

Libby Giles is a specialist practitioner in global citizenship education (GCED) and a philosophy teacher. She has been involved in
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Claire Waghorn

Claire Waghorn is an NZCGS Board Member. She is currently working as a Sustainability/Climate Advisor to accelerate the transition within
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Catherine Iorns

Catherine Iorns is a Professor of Law at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. Her primary areas of teaching and
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Catherine Leining

Catherine Leining is a Policy Fellow, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Commissioner at the New Zealand Climate Change Commission
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Ramesh Thakur

Professor Thakur was a Commissioner and one of the principal authors of The Responsibility to Protect and Principal Writer of
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Rod Oram

Rod Oram is a Business Journalist serving as a member on the NZCGS Board. He holds a BA in politics
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Tanya Ogilvie-White

Dr Tanya Ogilvie-White is the director of NZCGS and senior fellow at Australian National University. Her research focuses on multilateral
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Kennedy Graham

Dr Kennedy Graham is an NZCGS Board Member. He is founding Director of NZCGS (2013-20) and coordinator of the Global
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Chris Gallavin

Professor Chris Gallavin is the Chief Executive of the Sisters of Compassion Group and serves as Chair of the Board
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Kevin Clements

Professor Kevin P Clements is the Foundation Chair and Emeritus Professor the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies. He
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Klaus Bosselmann

Professor Klaus Bosselmann, PhD is a Board Member at NZCGS. His area of academic expertise lies in conceptual, international and
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Renee Moorjani

Renee is Secretary for the NZ Centre for Global Studies, maintaining administrative functions and helping to manage the Centre’s projects.
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Jayden van Leeuwen

Jayden van Leeuwen is an NZCGS Board Member and Young Global Scholar. He is a solicitor in the public law
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The Deed of Trust for the New Zealand Centre for Global Studies Charitable Trust was signed on 15 November 2012 between Kennedy Graham, as Settlor, and 11 Trustees. It was registered as a charitable entity by the NZ Charities Commission, effective 24 July 2013 (reg. no. CC49624).

Financial statements and the Annual Returns for the March financial years have been submitted to and accepted by the Charities Commission since the F/Y 2013.

Notice of changes to the Centre (change of address; changes in membership of the Board and the International Advisory Panel) were notified to the Commission and acknowledged on 14 January 2015. Notification of a change to the Trust Deed, changing the financial reporting requirement from a formal audit to a financial review, was accepted by the Commission on 7 October 2015. Other matters, including membership changes to the Board, have also been notified as appropriate.

Details of these developments and the financial returns may be accessed through the Charities Commission website, using the Centre’s registration number.