Sir Ronald Powell Carter ONZ KNZM (born 17 June 1935) is a retired New Zealand businessman.

[4] In 2013 he described his time at the school: "In all my days at school, although I was in a high-achieving class, I did not cross the platform once in my five years at Auckland Grammar to receive a class or a subject prize.

[6] His thesis was titled The effect of stress on the longitudinal wave velocity of an ultrasonic pulse in concrete.

[7] Carter joined the Beca engineering company in 1959, becoming a partner in 1965 and managing director in 1986.

[9] Carter has been a member, director or chairperson of many boards, including: Carter was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to engineering and business administration, in the 1998 New Year Honours,[17] and made a member of the Order of New Zealand in the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours.