Dr Matthew O’Meagher is the Director of the Latin America Centre of Asia-Pacific Excellence (CAPE) and Principal Advisor (International Reputation) at Victoria University of Wellington. A Fulbright scholar and former President of the Latin America New Zealand Business Council, he has a PhD in History from Duke University. In 1995 and 2002 he co-founded the Latin American Studies Programme and New Zealand Centre of Latin American Studies at the University of Auckland, and in 2007 he became New Zealand’s first Education Counsellor for Latin America in its embassy in Chile. As a senior university international relations leader, he has organized a QS Politics and International Studies Subject Focus Summit and curated a panel on knowledge partnerships across borders at the 2021 QS Americas Virtual Summit. He was also a member of the closing panel on brand and reputation at this year's QS India summit and a virtual presenter to the latest QS Americas Summit in September.