Chris Peace

After graduation in 1974 I worked in a regulatory role in the United Kingdom, enforcing health and safety legislation, and then moved to New Zealand in 1980. Here I changed careers and worked in risk management before returning to the UK in 1990 where I continued to work in risk management and studied for a MSc in risk management and safety technology.
Returning to New Zealand in 1995, I continued to work in risk management before joining the Natural Gas Corporation in 2000 where I was the corporate Risk Manager. In 2003 I left NGC and established Risk Management Ltd as an evidence-based risk management consultancy. In 2005-2012 I taught risk management part-time at Massey University and then moved to Victoria University to research "The effectiveness of risk assessments" for my PhD, graduating in 2019.
In April 2020 I joined the School of Health as Lecturer in Occupational Health and Safety and was asked to teach two papers in the Master's programme.
In June 2023 I was awarded a lifetime achievement award for services in risk management and encouraging health and safety practitioners to study for postgraduate qualifications. Also in 2023 I was awarded Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (locally called Te Arawai Ako).
I am currently the chief editor of the New Zealand Journal of Health and Safety Practice (https://ojs.victoria.ac.nz/nzjhsp/index).