Petrina Coventry
Professor at The University of Adelaide
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- The University of Adelaide
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Biography
The University of Adelaide
Petrina Coventry is Industry Professor with Adelaide University.
Petrina has spent over twenty years working in Asia, the United States and Europe performing global leadership roles with The General Electric Company, The Coca Cola Company and Proctor and Gamble, and has worked across multiple industry sectors including agriculture, energy, oil and gas, education, fast moving consumer goods and financial services.
Her work in the area of ethics and governance, transformation and change, human capital planning and policy has led to increased involvement with governments, industry associations and consulting groups across the Asian region.
Petrina is an ethicist by background and has been appointed as a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), a Vincent Fairfax Fellow, a Fellow of the College of Fellows at the Australian Institute of Health and Safety, and a Fellow of the Australian Human Resource Institute (AHRI). She is a Non-executive director of RDMRA, of Beston Global Food Company Ltd (BFC), and Brainstrait Ltd.
Qualifications
- PhD, Melbourne University (current)
- Global EMBA, Sydney University
- MBA, University of South Australia
- M. Phil (Ethics), University of New South Wales
- MA.(Buddhist Studies),International Buddhist College
- B. Ed, University of Technology Sydney
- Dip Teach, University of Technology Sydney
Professional Associations
- Australian Institute of Company Directors (Fellow)
- Australian Institute of Health and Safety (Fellow)
- Australian Human Resource Institute (Fellow)
- Previous Chair AHRI Research Panel and Adelaide University Business School Advisory Board
Research Interests
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
- Business Ethics
- Corporate Governance
- Human Resources Management
- Organisation and Management Theory
- Philosophy
- Social Change
- Studies of Asian Society
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