Selwyn Katene (Ngāti Toa, Ngā Ruahine, Ngāti Tama and Ngāti Tuwharetoa) was Professor of Māori and Indigenous Leadership and Director of the Global Centre of Indigenous Leadership at Massey University. Prior to that he was the university’s Assistant Vice-Chancellor, Māori & Pasifika, and Director of its MANU AO Leadership Academy. He has been a senior manager at the Mental Health Commission, Ministry of Health, Public Health Commission and in the pharmaceutical industry. He is the author of six books, with an emphasis on Māori leadership.