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About me
I have a deep passion for empowering individuals and organisations to discover their own resolutions to complex and not so complex disputes. Conflicts can be challenging; people often feel "stuck"; and struggle to find a way forward, whether in the workplace, among senior leadership teams, between board directors or trustees or in community or volunteer groups. If you needindependent, experienced mediation or facilitation—and you need it promptly—don't hesitate to reach out. With over 20 years of expertise in HR management and business leadership, complemented by a decade of facilitating community conversations, I bring a wealth of experience from both government and private sectors, including profit-driven and charitable organisations. I hold a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, a Master's in Social Science with a focus on Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and a Graduate Diploma in Dispute Resolution. I am proudly affiliated with AMINZ and am a Peacemaker member of MBBI, underscoring my commitment to excellence in conflict resolution. This is experience you can trust.
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CAREER IN HUMAN RESOURCES A career in human resources, employed by Natural Gas Corporation as Personnel Manager, Tairawhiti DHB as Staff Development Manager, General Manager Human Resources for Cedenco Foods Ltd, and owner-manager for a decade at NDA Engineering Group as General Manager Human Resources. EQUIPMENT SALES & FROST CONSULTANCY AND EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING Still at NDA Engineering, I shifted to role leading the Equipment Sales & Service Division, primarily focused on the wine industry. Following a decade at NDA, I sold my shareholding in 2007 and became self-employed in frost protection business for NZ, Australia and South Africa under FrostSolutions Ltd with both consultancy along with equipment manufacture of SIS frost fans.
councillor for tamahere (2016-2022) and deputy mayor (2019 - 2022) for waikato district council
  • Elected member in local government
Affordable housing advocay
  • CEO of Waikato Housing Initiaitive November 2022 to December 2023
  • Independent advocacy through www.housingczar.nz from 2023 onwards for affordable housing solutions and championing new initiaitves such as Inclusionary Zoning and supporting Bridge Housing Trust with sourcing land for affordable housing options, on leasehold or shared equity basis
mediation and facilitation services
  • Gained membership through AMINZ and completed Graduate Diploma through University of Waikato to formally acredit facilitation and mediation skills and experiences built up over past three decades

Qualifications and professional affiliations

I am affiliated to AMINZ (Arbitrators' and Mediators' Institute of New Zealand) and MBBI (the international Mediators Beyond Borders). Previously, when practicing as a general manager of human resources, I was a Chartered Member of HRNZ (Human Resources New Zealand); no longer keep membership.
  • Graduate Diploma in Dispute Resolution : University of Waikato
  • Mediation Skills Intensive : Arbitrators' and Mediators' Institute of NZ
  • Masters of Social Science (Industrial and Organisational Psychology) : University of Waikato
  • Bachelor of Science (Psychology and Microbiology) : Massey University
Family : with my wife Susan, we have raised our three children and two Lagotto dogs in the Waikato and the Bay of Islands. I stayed involved with the children's education by serving on three school Board of Trustees (Riverview Primary Kerikeri, Tamahere Model Country School & St. Peter's of Cambridge) and we still have our youngest completing high school, with the older two at universities in NZ and the US. I currently serve as the Chairperson of New Zealand Lacrosse and enjoy boating & fishing when opportunity allows.