Toby Beaglehole

Toby joined the College as Chief Executive in June 2024.

Toby has extensive executive and governance experience having held the role of Chief Executive with NZ Oil Services Ltd, Connexis (the infrastructure training organisation), the Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation (BCITO), and the Work Based Learning subsidiary of Te Pūkenga.  

He is on the Board the Business Leaders Health & Safety Forum, and Independent Chair of the Health & Safety Governance Group for the Department of Corrections.

As Chief Executive of Work Based Learning at Te Pūkenga, Toby successfully led the migration of the leaders, systems, cultures, and training activities of nine individual Industry Training Organisations (ITOs), into a single subsidiary, while focusing on the seamless continuity of education and support by the 1,500 kaimahi (staff members) for the 130,000 akonga (learners) within these ITOs.

Outside work Toby is a keen runner and closet petrolhead with a quiet love of fishing.