CPIT's Management Team is led by Chief Executive, Kay Giles and includes Academic Leaders and Corporate Directors.
CPIT's Chief Executive, Ms Kay Giles, employs the staff and manages the institution to achieve the directions set out in the Council's Strategic Plan and the Investment Plan, which is the funding and performance agreement between the CPIT Council and the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC).
CPIT currently comprises five faculties led by a Dean of Faculty and a number of divisions (Academic, Corporate Services, Human Resources) led by Directors who together with the Chief Executive make up the Management Team of CPIT.
Reporting to the CPIT Council, the Chief Executive is responsible for the delivery of the institute's 2011-2013 Strategic Plan.
Chief Executive
Kay Giles
Kay Giles was appointed Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology's (CPIT) Chief Executive in August 2010 and has successfully steered the South Island's largest vocational education provider through many challenges since then.
Kay has a passion for vocational education and training and the role it plays in contributing to economic, industry, community and individual development.
Prior to joining CPIT, Kay was Institute Director at SkillsTech Australia, the trades and technician institute in the Brisbane metropolitan area. Also in Australia, she has held management and directorship positions at the Department of Employment and Training; the Open Learning Institute; the Wide Bay Institute of TAFE and Wide Bay/Sunshine Coast Region TAFE, Training and Employment Queensland (TAFETEQ).
Kay holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) and a Master of Social Planning and Development from the University of Queensland.