Experience

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  AWMA Water Control Solutions

  • New Zealand

  • New Zealand Sales Manager

    • Mar 2024 - Present
    • New Zealand

    Responsible for AWMA Water Control Solutions activities throughout New Zealand.

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  D & G Consulting

  • New Zealand

  • Director

    • Mar 2012 - Present
    • New Zealand

    I am a non-executive Director of D & G Consulting, which offers facilitation and strategic development services, predominantly in the education sector. D & G has been responsible for the development of design guidelines on Innovative Learning Environments for the Ministry of Education, and frequently works supporting schools to develop their visions for their rebuild or redevelopment. D & G is currently facilitating the co-location process for a number of secondary schools across the South Island.

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  Karamea Bluff Farm

  • Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

  • Property Developer

    • Feb 2020 - Apr 2022
    • Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

    I purchased and developed 200ha of farmland in Karamea on the West Coast in 2005. During the pandemic I was lucky enough to spend significant time developing and integrating the property, including setting up Health and Safety, Environmental management, stock management and pasture systems.

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  Fletcher Building

  • Christchurch

  • Project Delivery

    • Mar 2019 - Jan 2020
    • Christchurch

    this role was responsible for the establishment and delivery of a new mobile polyethylene factory, which was a large capital investment for Fletcher Building for FY19/20. The role’s project team included key technical, property and commercial advisors from the Fletcher Building group. The role included HR, HS&E, Property, Plant and Sales and Marketing workstreams.

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  Humes - A member of the Fletcher Building Group

  • New Zealand

  • Business Manager - Rural Water Infrasturcture

    • Jun 2017 - Jan 2020
    • New Zealand

    In this role I manage a stand-alone business, which forms a special purpose vehicle within the Fletcher Building group that has a specific focus on securing and delivering into large rural water infrastructure projects.

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  Kahurangi Ridge

  • Christchurch

  • Project Director

    • Mar 2011 - May 2018
    • Christchurch

    This project involved managing the roading and subdivision of a 100ha block of land in Karamea into 15 residential lifestyle sections. This has meant working with council, contractors, surveyors and engineers to design and build over 4.5 km of roading, access ways and building platforms, including a 20m highway bridge. This development has left me with a sound understanding of managing a larger scale project and working with multiple stakeholders.

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  Te Namu Timber

  • Canterbury & West Coast, New Zealand

  • General Manager

    • Nov 2014 - Jun 2017
    • Canterbury & West Coast, New Zealand

    Te Namu Timber is an integrated logging and sawmilling company, extracting and milling native timber on public and private lands, that was windblown in Cyclone Ita in 2014. We work alongside Ngāi Tahu, DOC and the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI). In this role I am responsible for managing the operation of two milling crews and an extraction crew, including all human resource related processes, business planning, financial reporting and health and safety. Our approach to both health and safety and stakeholder engagement has been shared with other operators as an example of best practice.

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  Steel & Tube Ltd

  • Sales Manager - Reticulation

    • Feb 2011 - Oct 2014

    This was a newly created role as part of a market focused restructure for Steel and Tube, and involved developing a structure for the reticulation team and recruitment and selection for positions within the team. As part of the wider management team, I was responsible for the day-to-day and strategic management of reticulation for Canterbury and the West Coast, and in a specialist role nationwide.

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  Pentair (now Asmuss)

  • Christchurch

  • Regional Sales Manager

    • Oct 2008 - Feb 2012
    • Christchurch

    In this role at Pentair, I was responsible for establishing and maintaining strong relationships with customers throughout the upper South Island. This resulted in a large sales growth within my area. These results came from the sales and supply management of dozens of contracts, across a number of sectors, in addition to numerous smaller projects, and the management of the contracts and tenders associated with these.

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  Platinum Homes

  • Christchurch

  • Sales and Project Manager

    • Jul 2006 - Oct 2008
    • Christchurch

    This role involved pricing and tendering projects to ensure profitability, and included project management across customers, the architecture team, interior designers, councils and the building team.