C Piet Beukman
Position
Engineering Management Director
Qualifications
B.Eng, B.Eng (Hons), M.Eng, FIPENZ
Room
A207, Electrical & Computer Engineering Building
Contact Details
Phone: +64 3 364 2472
Internal phone: 6472
Fax: +64 3 364 2299
piet.beukman@canterbury.ac.nz
Postal address
Engineering Management
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8140
New Zealand
Background
Piet Beukman holds a master's degree in mechanical engineering from South Africa where he worked in the defence, marine consulting engineering and aerospace industries for 20 years. Piet served some time as the Chief Engineer of an airline and was a systems development advisor to the South African Air Force from 1988 to 1993. He was also involved with the establishment of the Engineering Management Programme at the University of Pretoria in 1986.
Piet is a former Director of the Canterbury MBA Programme as well as an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Education Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at the University of Adelaide. His involvement with the Canterbury MEM goes back to 1993.
Piet is a shareholder of Holliday Corporation Limited, a Christchurch angel investment company.
Piet’s interests are in the commercialisation of technology, new venture start-up and university-industry linkages.