Senior executive leader with an international career spanning 25 years in private and public sectors, including Senior Officer roles in United Nations, leading diverse global teams to successfully manage multi-billion dollar programmes in the world’s most politically complex and challenging environments.
Authentic values-based leader, with credibility, mana, passion and resilience. Embracing diversity and inclusion, and proven ability to build constructive organisational culture to lift performance, and deliver results within complex stakeholder environments. I enjoy seeing my teams develop and grow capability to elicit the best possible performance and deliver outstanding outcomes for customers and communities.
Exposure and insight into the requirements of leading in a public sector setting at the highest levels, with an aptitude for working effectively under media and public scrutiny.
Experience in developing and maintaining effective relationships with Government Ministers, Councillors, Boards, and community stakeholders, together with a commitment to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi and partnering with Mana Whenua, has enabled me to successfully navigate the nuances of culture, business, and government in challenging political landscapes. Securing commitment to investment strategies and outcomes that have delivered significant community, customer, environment, safety and financial benefits.
Demonstrated ability to develop, drive and implement a clear vision and strategy, and lead complex, strategic and operational change management in different cultural contexts and across a broad range of sectors including transportation, energy and water.
MBA (Edinburgh), together with a civil engineering degree (BE, Auckland) and experience leading infrastructure programmes in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Americas and Europe.
Currently overseeing design standards and asset management of the $22 billion infrastructure asset portfolio for Auckland Transport.