Experience

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  Auckland Airport

  • New Zealand
  • Airlines and Aviation
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Head of Capital Planning

    • Jan 2024 - Present

    The Head of Capital Planning reports to the Chief Master Planning and Sustainability Officer and is responsible for pan-business capital planning at Auckland Airport, including ensuring capital plan alignment with the master-plan, the aeronautical pricing capital plan and Auckland Airport’s “Building a Better Future” strategic objectives.The role is a diverse and complex role that requires an intimate understanding of the entire airport business and precinct, as well as an understanding of the airport strategy, master plan and the key future capital projects that will drive the deliverability of that strategy. The role requires balancing the current and future business needs to ensure that capital projects are well defined, aligned to strategy and master plans, supported by comprehensive business cases and can be delivered based on realistic delivery pathways to meet forecast business growth.The purpose of the Head of Capital Planning role is to: • Lead the capital planning process at Auckland Airport.• Ensure capital plan alignment with masterplan, company strategy and aeronautical pricing.• Ensure robust and comprehensive project briefs and business cases are completed to support capital investment.• To develop and deliver “best in class” capital planning processes to ensure that Auckland Airport makes well informed investment decisions that deliver strategically aligned outcomes for the company. • Provide a conduit between client teams and delivery teams to ensure that capital projects meet all gating requirements and can be handed over to the Infrastructure or other delivery team for successful delivery.

  • Head of Airport Assets & Commercial

    • Jul 2020 - Jan 2024

    The Head of Airport Assets and Commercial is a member of the Operations Leadership Team whose purpose is to lead a team of 12 asset owners and commercial specialists to optimise the performance, capacity and commercial value of the airport’s current and future operational assets including:- Airfield- Terminals- Utilities - Roading, Electricity, Water, FuelThe outcome of this is the safe and efficient operation of the airport and the delivery of high-quality services to Auckland Airport’s airline customers and travelling guests.As Auckland Airport continued to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic Auckland Airport received endorsement from the Board for its multi-billion-dollar Integrated Terminal Programme. As the Head of Airport Assets & Commercial me and my team have played a key role in this programme, with comprehensive client representation and asset ownership during the design phases. This included also having a significant role in ensuring that our assets are operationally ready as they come online.Notable achievements included:• Crisis Management lead through the Auckland Flood crisis in Jan 2023. • Representing AIAL as a Director on the Board of Slot Coordination New Zealand Limited since 2017 and leading all slot management activities at Auckland Airport including determining the operational capacity at Auckland Airport and successfully collaborating with airport stakeholders to set slot parameters each operating season. • Optimising Auckland Airport’s asset use and operational processes, to improve end to end throughput, including leading and improving the successful Operation Capricorn summer peak planning process and increasing the runway throughput by leading the Airport Capacity Enhancement group. • Key commercial negotiations with airport stakeholders on commercial leasing, development agreements, airline conditions of use and ground handling licences.• The successful replacement of ageing concrete slabs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Deputy General Manager Operations

    • Nov 2019 - Jul 2020

    The Deputy General Manager Operations is responsible for ensuring the high quality delivery of the company’s core airport offering to airlines and travellers/ passengers, directly and via third parties.The role is focused on delivering and continuously improving a seamless, high quality customer experience in the here-and-now, and is also attuned to and anticipates emerging needs, preferences and opportunities to transform the customer experience and - through intelligent leveraging of relationships, technologies and ways of working - the total airport operating system.This is a critical and central role within Auckland Airport, and requires orchestrating a complex customer service operation including significant planning, regulatory, continuous improvement and collaborative third party relationship management, as well as careful deployment and stewardship of a large proportion of the company’s human, financial and physical resources. The role is specifically responsible for leading: the safe, efficient and compliant operation of the airfield, including aircraft ground movements and stand allocation and aircraft-related ground infrastructure; domestic and international terminal operations - including a 24 hour operations and incident management centre; airfield, terminal building and airport utilities asset management and maintenance; a 24 hour land and marine emergency services function; and the company’s security function.

  • Manager - Optimisation

    • Oct 2018 - Nov 2019

    Operations Leadership Team role reporting to the General Manager - Operations. The role is accountable for optimising the airfield and terminal systems, major contracts, the business unit operational and capital budgets, and commercial opportunities for Operations (including commercial leases and contracts that are closely connected with airport operations).

  • Manager - Commercial Performance Aeronautical

    • Jan 2018 - Oct 2018

    Acting (second role)Aeronautical Leadership Team position reporting to the General Manager of OperationsManaging team responsible for:- Management and optimising of aeronautical leasing revenues (including key aeronautical tenancies, terminal spaces, airline lounges, airline offices and back of house areas).- Driving favourable commercial performance across major operational service agreements. - Implementation of Ground Handling Licence arrangements to enable improved operational efficiencies and control.- Driving commercial utilities performance through the optimisation of both revenue and expenses, consideration of wider business commercials and establishment of strategic objectives.- Utilising detailed commercial analysis and sound relationship management to identify and execute opportunities for optimizing commercial return on Auckland Airport's networks. This includes the pursuit of emerging innovative technologies to drive efficient change.- Driving efficiency through robust capital governance and successfully achieving allocated pricing commitments.- Management of impacts to commercial performance by key infrastructure projects.

  • Manager - Capacity & Aeronautical Performance

    • Jul 2017 - Oct 2018

    Aeronautical Leadership Team position reporting to the General Manager of OperationsLeading team responsible for:- Short to medium term terminals and airfield capacity assessment.- Leading the annual airport wide summer peak planning programme ("Operation Capricorn").- Management of slot planning and performance, alongside an independent slot co-ordinator.- Capacity enhancement and resilience –lead of Airport Capacity Enhancement (ACE) Group and Flexible Contingent Runway project.- Key Projects Capacity Support –Terminal Development Plan, Integration of Domestic Terminal, Northern Runway- Short term reactionary and continuous improvements project lead.- Use of one source of truth planning tools including Beontra and CAST for:o Joint Border Agency (JBA) seasonal resource planningo Joint collaboration tool internally between route development and operationso End to end terminals capacity assessment –seasonality and new serviceso Ad-hoc commercial or initiative analysis –testing the “what-if” scenarios

  • Aeronautical Capacity Assessment Manager

    • May 2014 - Jul 2017

  • Senior Aeronautical Analyst

    • Oct 2011 - Apr 2014

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  Slot Coordination New Zealand Limited

  • New Zealand

  • Director

    • Sep 2017 - Present
    • New Zealand

    Slot Coordination New Zealand Limited is a New Zealand incorporated company, equally owned by the Airlines and Airports, with the purpose to carry on the business of procuring and managing independent slot coordination services for New Zealand Airports, in accordance with International Air Transport Association Worldwide Slot Guidelines. The Board is made of of nine directors: one independent director, four representing airlines and four representing airports. I have been the nominated Director for Auckland Airport since September 2017.

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  World Duty Free - WDF

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Project Accountant / Finance Intergration Consultant

    • Feb 2011 - Sep 2011
    • London, United Kingdom

    Contract

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  The Walt Disney Company

  • Senior Finance Analyst - Central & Eastern Europe

    • Jan 2011 - Feb 2011

    Temporary Cover

  • Finance Analyst - EMEA Regional Team (Contract)

    • Jun 2010 - Jan 2011

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  Lloyds Bank

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Assistant Financial Reporting Manager, Treasury Products Group

    • Oct 2009 - Jun 2010
    • London, United Kingdom

    Contract

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  Barclays Investment Bank

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Regulatory Reporting Analyst, Banking Book Team

    • Dec 2008 - Oct 2009
    • London, United Kingdom

    Contract

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  Deloitte New Zealand

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Senior Consultant - Transaction Services / Corporate Tax Team

    • Feb 2005 - Jul 2008
    • Auckland, New Zealand