Our People
Meet the experts who lead research, education and collaboration activities at the centre, and learn why each of them chose to become involved.
Leadership
Dean of the Business School
University of Auckland
Professor Susan Watson
Interim Director
Can we rebalance to do capitalism better—harnessing its undoubted benefits whilst minimising its harms and sharing its benefits more equitably?
Steering Group
Senior Lecturer
Management & International Business
Dr Billie Lythberg
Associate Director
The centre will encourage dialogues across disciplines and knowledge systems and generate research and projects of global significance for the well-being of people and planet.
Professor of Macroeconomics
University of Auckland
Professor Prasanna Gai
Resilient market economies operate best when there is a robust social framework—where individuals, firms, and governments have a sense of their shared values and responsibilities to the system as a whole.
Professor of Innovation & Research Management
University of Auckland
Professor Kenneth Husted
This centre will be a core institution in Aotearoa’s transformation toward a more sustainable and inclusive economy, with circular economy offering pathways for sustainable and inclusive business.
Professor of Accounting
University of Auckland
Professor Charl de Villiers
My research brings an accounting perspective to social and environmental matters, including inequities entrenched by power differences. This matches with the centre’s focus on enhancing outcomes for everyone in society.
Professor of Economics
University of Auckland
Professor Robert MacCulloch
We’ve long moved beyond the idea that achieving economic growth at any cost is a worthy ideal.
Professor of Psychology
University of Auckland
Professor Carla Houkamau
By balancing tradition with innovation, Māori businesses are not just participating in the economy – they are reshaping it, allowing Māori businesses and communities to grow what is truly important to them.
Our PhD Students
PhD Candidate
Management & International Business
Victoria Ongolea
Victoria Ongolea, of Melanesian and Polynesian descent, was born in Papua New Guinea’s Simbu Province and raised in Lapaha, Tonga, before migrating to New Zealand in 2015. Her PhD research, Empowering Tongans in New Zealand through Cultural Financial Capability Education (CFCE), builds on her Master’s work and focuses on enhancing financial well-being through culturally grounded education. By integrating Tongan language, proverbs, and values, she aims to bridge financial knowledge gaps and empower her community to navigate economic challenges.