Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, Whakatōhea, Ngāti Kahungunu

Professor of Māori Business

Te Raupapa Waikato Management School

Dr Jason Mika is Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, Whakatōhea, Ngāti Kahungunu. Jason was born in Whakatāne and raised mainly in Rotorua. Jason is married with seven children. He is a Professor of Māori business at Te Raupapa Waikato Management School, University of Waikato, in Hamilton, New Zealand. Jason’s research, teaching, writing, and practice centres on Indigenous business philosophy in multiple sites, sectors, and scales, including Indigenous trade, tourism, agribusiness, and the marine economy. In 2015, Jason completed a PhD in business at Massey University. In 2019, Jason was a Fulbright-Ngā Pae o Te Māramatanga senior scholar at Stanford University’s Woods Institute for the Environment and the University of Arizona’s Native Nations Institute. Jason is a member of the Academy of Management, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, and Te Apārangi Royal Society of New Zealand. Prior to academia, Jason was a management consultant and government analyst. Jason’s research has contributed to public policy on trade, environment, statistics, and tax, among other areas.

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