Background
Carter was born in Auckland in 1935, the son of Sybil Muriel (née Townsend) and Eric Powell Carter, a mechanic.
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He was educated at Auckland Grammar School from 1948. Carter then attended Auckland University College, graduating in 1958 with a Master of Engineering degree in civil engineering.
Career
His thesis was titled The effect of stress on the longitudinal wave velocity of an ultrasonic pulse in concrete. Carter joined the Beca engineering company in 1959, becoming a partner in 1965 and managing director in 1986. He was chairman of the Beca group until 2002.
Carter has been a member, director or chairperson of many boards, including: Founding chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority (1992-1998) National Infrastructure Advisory Board Electricity Corporation of New Zealand Association of Consulting Engineers New Zealand Air New Zealand (1998–2007) Trust Power Limited Aetna Sir Peter Blake Trust (until 2011) Chair of the Selection Panel for the Sir Peter Blake Leadership Patron of the Committee Foreign Auckland Developed and co-founded the Iwi Business Consortium in 2009 Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Christchurch earthquakes Independent representative to the Board of the 2011 Rugby World Cup Director Rural Equities Limited.
Achievements
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Carter was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to engineering and business administration in the 1998 New Year, and made a member of the Order of New Zealand in the 2014 Queen"s Birthday In 2001, he was awarded an honorary doctorate in engineering by the University of Auckland. Carter has also received the following honours: 1997 – Distinguished Fellow of IPENZ 1997 2009 – Admitted to the Business Hall of Fame at the Auckland University Business School 2009 2010 – KEA World Class Leader for work in business and finance 2010.
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