Contact details
Mr Gerry Coates
Phone: 04 472 7621 Fax: Fax: +64-4-472 2022
Region: Wellington
Managing Director P O Box 10-186 6036 Wellington
Organization
Wise Analysis Limited
Email: mail@wise-analysis.co.nz
Phone: 04 472 7621
Fax: 04 4727359
Region: Wellington
P O Box 10186
The Terrace
6143
Wellington
Information
Website: www.wise-analysis.co.nz Papers: www.ipenz.org.nz/ipenz/Publications/transactions/Transactions2000/General/2coates.pdf Qualification: Post-graduate
Problems addressed
sustainability issues, ethics, policy issues, renewable energy,energy management, transport, nanotechnology, technology and society, Maori issues.
Solutions provided
Long term engagement as consultant and in governance in the field of sustainability gives me a broad viewpoint across all problem areas.
Biography
Gerry Te Kapa Coates is a professional engineer and consultant who has always taken a keen interest in how technology interacts with society. As President of the Institution of Professional Engineers in 2003 he led a task force on sustainability. Earlier in 1983 he started Engineers for Social Responsibility, which is still very active. His professional interests range widely from sustainability through renewable energy to transport. He was on the board of Land Transport New Zealand till 2007, and chair of the New Zealand Wind Energy Association till 2008. He is Ngâi Tahu, and on its governing body Te Rűnanga o Ngâi Tahu and the board of Ngâi Tahu Holdings Corporation. He was made a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to engineering in 2007.
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