Callaghan Innovation

Callaghan Innovation
Crown entity overview
Formed	1 February 2013
Preceding Crown entity	Industrial Research Limited;
Jurisdiction	Government of New Zealand
Headquarters	Gracefield, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Motto	New Zealand's Innovation Agency
Minister responsible	Judith Collins, Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology;
Crown entity executives	Stefan Korn, Chief Executive; Pete Hodgson, Chair;
Key document	Callaghan Innovation Act 2012;
Website	www.callaghaninnovation.govt.nz

Callaghan Innovation, a Crown entity of New Zealand, has the task of making New Zealand business more innovative. It was established in February 2013 and Industrial Research Limited, a Crown Research Institute, was merged into it. The institute takes its name from Sir Paul Callaghan, a prominent New Zealand physicist who died in 2012.

Mary Quin became the first CEO, in May 2013, and resigned in July 2016. Victoria Crone started as CEO on 28 February 2017 and resigned in July 2021. Stefan Korn became the acting CEO and was then appointed CEO in September 2022.

On 6 January 2014 the departments of carbohydrate chemistry and high temperature superconductors were ceded to Victoria University of Wellington, being renamed the Ferrier and Robinson Research Institutes respectively. This resulted in a transfer of 55 staff.

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