Journey

Every sector added a layer. The value now is the accumulated stack, not the most recent entry.

Financial Services

1987 – 1992
BankingCorporate Lending

Career foundation. Fiscal discipline and commercial rigour that underpins every programme governance engagement since.

ICT & Telecoms

1996 – 2006
TelecomsICTE-Commerce

Methodology design, PMO governance, enterprise systems. Built one of New Zealand's first e-commerce channels in 1998. PMO for 120 engineers established methodology design as a core competency.

Media & Defence

1999 – 2007
MediaM&ADefenceManufacturing

Board-level advisory, due diligence, intelligence systems. Concurrent engagements across very different operational environments becomes the pattern.

Government

2007 – 2010
Public SectorRevenueIntelligence

Single deep engagement. Parliamentary appropriation, 48-person programme from zero. The confidentiality discipline shapes everything after.

Property & Infrastructure

2011 – 2020
PropertyTransportHealthConstructionFreight

Deliberate pivot. Five new sectors in one career phase. Governance disciplines transferred. Contract frameworks were new.

Social Housing

2015 – present
Social HousingUrban RegenerationConstruction

Peak portfolio value. Over a dozen sectors across thirty-plus years. The accumulation is the point.

How many sectors have you worked across? Which moves were deliberate pivots — and which were accidents that turned out to matter?

5 yrscorporate lending

Financial Services

1987 – 1992

Career foundation. Corporate lending, policy deployment, branch management. The fiscal discipline learned here informs every programme conversation that follows.

$4.1Mteam of 30

E-Commerce & Enterprise

1996 – 2006

E-commerce channel delivery. PMO for 120 engineers. PeopleSoft ($4.5M) and SAP ($9M) at Steering Committee level. The decade that established methodology design as a core competency.

$14.7M48-person programme

Government

2007 – 2010

Parliamentary appropriation. Green-fields programme from zero. $83.1M additional revenue against $66.2M target. Extended to $26.4M and 72 personnel.

$63MBoard-level cases

Property & Infrastructure

2011 – 2018

$40M annual acquisition programme under Public Works Act. $23M green-field distribution hub. 48-dwelling subdivision valued at $43M concluded end-to-end.

$129.9M26 contracts

Social Housing Portfolio

2021 – 2024

137 houses and four multi-storey complexes. 22 sites. 26 separate contracts governed as a single programme.

If you plotted your own numbers — portfolio values, team sizes, budget responsibility — what shape would the curve be?

Financial Services & Early ICT

1987 – 1998 · Foundation layer
Fiscal discipline & commercial acumen
Corporate lending & policy deployment
National infrastructure programme planning
E-commerce channel delivery

PMO, Enterprise & Board Advisory

1999 – 2006 · Discipline layer
Commercial acumen
PMO establishment from scratch
Methodology design & deployment
M&A due diligence & Board advisory
Enterprise system governance (PeopleSoft, SAP)
Intelligence systems & security clearance

Government Transformation

2007 – 2010 · Institutional layer
PMO & methodology design
Green-fields programme build (48 staff from zero)
Parliamentary appropriation & ministerial reporting
Revenue outcome measurement ($83.1M vs $66.2M target)
Successor mentoring & post-implementation review

Property, Transport & Infrastructure

2011 – 2020 · Contract layer
Programme governance & reporting
NZS3910 contract governance
Public Works Act acquisition frameworks
Design-and-build procurement
Dispute resolution & legal instruction

Social Housing & Current Practice

2015 – present · Integration layer
NZS3910 & construction governance
Portfolio governance at scale (26 contracts, $129.9M)
Multi-party social housing delivery
Community housing provider governance
Urban regeneration programme design
Carried forward Added this era Peak application

Which of your capabilities were deliberate investments — and which came from being thrown into something you hadn't done before?

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