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Guy is Thematic Lead for Artificial Intelligence, Director of the Master of Business Development (MBusDev) programme, and Professional Teaching Fellow in Strategy and Technology Commercialisation at the University of Auckland Business School. He also chairs the AI in Education Technology Stewardship Group for EdTechNZ and serves on the Executive Committee for the Business Education Special Interest Group for the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE).

Prior to joining academia, Guy spent over two decades in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and health technology. He worked in Europe, the US and Australasia. holding leadership roles in strategy, business transformation, and new product commercialisation.

Now a leading advocate for the thoughtful use of AI in education and management practice, Guy's scholarship focuses on using AI to enhance student engagement, enable personalised and self-directed learning, and support reflective practice in managerial and executive contexts. Guy is a frequent speaker and workshop facilitator for both academic and practitioner audiences.

Guy holds PhD degrees in both Management and Biomedicine and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology in the UK (FRSB), a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), and a Member of the Institute of Directors New Zealand (MInstD).

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Keeping Humans in Practice: What the Quipu and Marshallese Stick Chart Can Teach Us about AI Governance

by Alexander Richter, Guy Bate September 15, 2026 0

An organisation can keep humans in the loop and still lose the expertise that makes their oversight meaningful. When AI analyses evidence, frames options and drafts... Read more.