John Cunningham Wood (born 1952) is an Australian economist, author, and the chief executive officer of the University Division at Navitas, known as series editor of the "Critical Assessment of Leading Economists" series ofTaylor & Francis.
Wood started his career as an academic in Australia at the University of New England. He later worked for State and Federal Governments which included the position of Speech Writer to the Prime Minister and later as economist forErnst & Young in the 1980s. In 1994 he was appointed Hughes Professor of Business at theUniversity of Notre Dame, Australia.[2]
He was affiliated with theEdith Cowan University, where he was the Deputy Vice Chancellor. In 2007 he was appointed chief executive officer of University Programs to the global education provider Navitas.[3]