Collaboration, impact, innovation and value will take centre stage at the 2026 ACE Awards Gala – there’s so much to celebrate!
The refreshed programme marks a new era for the ACE Awards, celebrating the engineering consultancies and individuals who are shaping better outcomes for clients and communities across Aotearoa.
This year’s finalists are competing across nine categories, including new awards recognising excellence in collaboration, impact, innovation, relationships, sustainability and value, alongside categories designed to celebrate consulting businesses of all sizes. An additional four awards recognise emerging leaders, diversity and inclusion, future-focused thinking, and commitment to Te Ao Māori.
The winners will be announced at the ACE Awards Gala on 5 November in Auckland.
Ace of Collaboration
To recognise outstanding consulting outcomes, which deliver quantifiable societal, environmental and community benefits through inclusive, collaborative consulting approaches that exemplify best practice in stakeholder engagement and partnership.
Māwhera Regeneration Team
Consultant: THE ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED
The Māwhera Regeneration Team demonstrates exceptional collaboration across a complex regional regeneration programme, bringing together iwi, local government, funders, contractors, consultants and community stakeholders around a shared vision for the region.
Through authentic partnership, shared governance and co-design, the consulting team helped align diverse interests, build trust and create a shared sense of purpose. This enabled the team to embed cultural values and local aspirations across multiple projects, creating enduring social, cultural and economic benefits for the wider community.
This performance has enabled the team to secure further work across the programme and improve the outcomes of later stages.
Collaboration in Action: Delivering Sustainable Health and Education Outcomes in Kiribati
Consultant: Egis NZ Limited
Working across distance, culture and language, Egis built trusted relationships that enabled communities, government agencies and delivery partners to shape sustainable health and education outcomes in Kiribati.
The team created collaborative structures where none existed, demonstrating how consultants can bring together diverse stakeholders, make complex information accessible and enable better decisions in challenging environments.
Its focus on knowledge sharing and practical capability building has created benefits that will continue well beyond the consultant’s services.
Te Ara Tupua
Consultant: Tonkin + Taylor Limited on behalf of Te Ara Tupua Alliance
Te Ara Tupua demonstrates how collaboration can materially improve outcomes.
Although set up as a collaborative contract, the alliance built greater levels of collaboration across key partners and stakeholders. Mana whenua partnership was embedded within governance and decision-making, bringing cultural, environmental, technical and commercial perspectives together throughout delivery. The consulting team helped integrate these perspectives and find a balance between the aspirations of all parties.
This shared approach produced measurable community and environmental benefits, strengthened capability and knowledge transfer, and created a model of partnership with an enduring legacy beyond the initiative itself.
Ace of Impact
To recognise innovative consulting that has resulted in a step change, delivering significant, enduring benefits within the natural and built environment. This award celebrates transformational innovation that creates new benchmarks and can be widely adopted across the industry.
OARC Capacity & Conveyance
Consultant: Jacobs
OARC Capacity & Conveyance demonstrates a transformational approach to flood resilience and climate adaptation.
Jacobs brought together land use planning, stormwater management, environmental outcomes and long-term infrastructure investment into a single decision-making framework, helping communities and infrastructure owners understand risk in a more integrated way. This approach supports better investment decisions, improves long-term planning and provides a scalable model for future resilience challenges.
By translating complex technical information into practical action, the framework has the potential to influence how catchment-scale adaptation is approached across New Zealand.
New Zealand’s First National Liquefaction Model
Consultant: Tonkin + Taylor Limited
New Zealand’s First National Liquefaction Model establishes a nationally accessible, open-source platform that changes how liquefaction risk can be understood, assessed and communicated.
Tonkin + Taylor transformed complex scientific information into a practical tool that supports better decision-making for planners, infrastructure owners, insurers and communities.
By creating a common framework for understanding risk, the model has the potential to influence investment decisions, resilience strategies and land-use planning across the country while creating lasting value well beyond any single investment decision or stakeholder group.
By translating complex technical information into practical action, the framework has the potential to influence how catchment-scale adaptation is approached across New Zealand.
GeoTrack – A New Zealand Developed Automated Continuous Settlement Monitoring Solution
Consultant: Woods and Partners Consultants Limited
GeoTrack demonstrates how digital innovation can deliver practical, measurable improvements across infrastructure projects.
Wood & Partners use of GeoTrack demonstrates how the automated continuous settlement monitoring solution replaces traditional manual monitoring processes with reliable real-time data, enabling faster decision-making, improved safety outcomes and more efficient project delivery.
By helping clients better understand and respond to changing ground conditions while reducing monitoring effort, cost and emissions, the solution showcases the value consulting innovation can bring when applied to real-world challenges.
Ace of Innovation – sponsored by Stantec
To showcase excellence and innovation, which creates a new “norm” for resolving an issue or problem. Each year the ACE Board selects a focus area to highlight industry challenges and opportunities. This award recognises consulting approaches that foresee and eliminate issues/problems in a sustainable, value-for-money manner, which is both innovative and raises the bar for business-as-usual practice.
Wind Farm Digital Design Optimisation Platform
Consultant: Riley Consultants Ltd
Riley Consultants has redefined how wind farm infrastructure is designed, bringing geological modelling, engineering, environmental considerations and visualisation into a single integrated workflow.
By enabling rapid optioneering and better-informed decision-making from the earliest planning and design stages, the platform delivers faster design, reduced delivery costs and lower environmental impacts.
Through combining specialist expertise with innovative digital tools, Riley has created a scalable approach that is helping redefine how complex infrastructure investments are delivered.
Air New Zealand Hangar 4
Consultants: Holmes NZ LP
Air New Zealand Hangar 4 showcases how technical expertise and bold thinking can set new benchmarks for industry.
Holmes delivered New Zealand’s first large-scale, high-expansion, fluorine-free foam suppression system in an aviation environment, developing innovative solutions to meet complex regulatory, operational and environmental requirements.
This innovation creates a valuable pathway for future aviation and industrial developments while advancing more sustainable fire protection practices.
Wellington Waterfront New Lighting for Promenade
Consultant: Stephenson & Turner
Stevenson & Turner transformed a traditional lighting upgrade into a piece of smart, multi-functional civic infrastructure.
Integrating lighting, event power, smart controls and future technology capability into a single solution, this integrated approach enhances safety, improves the public experience and creates a more adaptable waterfront environment.
The result is infrastructure that delivers value today while supporting the changing needs of Wellington’s future.
Ace of Relationships
To recognise outstanding and enduring client relationships, which add measurable and sustainable value to the client’s business.
Thirty Years of Trusted Partnership – Delivering Enduring Value
Consultant: Egis NZ Limited
For nearly 30 years, Egis has partnered with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) to support development outcomes across the Pacific.
Built on trust, shared purpose and a deep understanding of community needs, the relationship demonstrates how consulting can strengthen organisations, build local capability and create lasting value for people and communities.
Through a long-term commitment to knowledge transfer, governance, and workforce development, the partnership continues to deliver benefits well beyond individual assignments.
Consulting Relationships Built to Last
Consultant: Pattle Delamore Partners (PDP)
PDP’s submission showcases a relationship-centred approach to consulting across a diverse range of clients, communities and stakeholders.
By building trusted partnerships founded on collaboration, shared outcomes and long-term thinking, the firm consistently helps clients navigate complex challenges and create enduring value.
The submission highlights how consulting relationships can foster stronger communities, support better decision-making and deliver benefits that extend beyond the immediate brief.
Ace of Relationships – Holmes
Consultant: Holmes NZ LP
Holmes demonstrates the strength of long-standing trusted relationships with major clients, built on credibility, deep understanding and a willingness to provide honest advice.
By working closely alongside clients over many years, the firm helps organisations make informed decisions, manage risk and achieve better long-term outcomes.
The submission illustrates how trusted advisers create value through independent thinking, sound judgement and a commitment to successful outcomes for clients and their communities.
Ace of Sustainability
To recognise sustainable development or initiatives within the natural and built environment, which deliver against one or more of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This award celebrates consulting that creates lasting positive impact through innovative, collaborative and scalable sustainability solutions.
O Mahurangi – Penlink Forest Duff Regeneration Strategy + Te Ara Tupua
Consultant: Tonkin + Taylor Limited
Through O Mahurangi and Te Ara Tupua, Tonkin + Taylor demonstrates how consulting can drive meaningful sustainability outcomes by combining innovation, environmental stewardship, cultural knowledge and long-term thinking.
By challenging conventional approaches and creating solutions that can be adopted and scaled more broadly, Tonkin + Tayor has delivered lasting benefits for biodiversity, climate resilience, ecosystem restoration and communities.
The submission showcases the important role consulting plays in advancing more sustainable outcomes for Aotearoa New Zealand.
Powell Fenwick Consultants
Consultant: Powell Fenwick Consultants Limited
Powell Fenwick demonstrates a long-term commitment to sustainability through a diverse portfolio of work spanning multiple sectors and communities.
By embedding sustainability into everyday consulting practice, the firm helps clients achieve measurable environmental outcomes while contributing to industry capability through mentoring, knowledge sharing and leadership.
The submission illustrates how consulting can influence lasting change through evidence-based decision-making and continuous improvement.
Ngā Mokopuna
Consultants: 335 Limited with Dunning Thornton
Developed for Te Wānanga o Raukawa, Ngā Mokopuna demonstrates how consulting can integrate sustainability, mātauranga Māori and community aspirations to create enduring value.
Working together, 335 Limited and Dunning Thornton Consultants helped shape a regenerative outcome delivering cultural, educational, environmental and social benefits for current and future generations.
The submission highlights the role consulting can play in helping organisations achieve ambitious sustainability aspirations while creating positive long-term impact.
Ace of Value
To recognise consulting excellence in delivering best value in a manner which provides clients with outcomes that justify their investment, deliver business resilience and minimise whole of life costs. This award celebrates consulting approaches that go beyond project delivery to create lasting value and strategic advantage for clients.
Challenging Conventional Methodologies Saves Client Millions – Rydges Hotel Queenstown
Consultant: Initia and Structure Design
Working alongside Rydges Hotel Queenstown and Mercy Hospital, Initia demonstrates how consulting creates value by understanding the real challenge facing a client, not simply the presenting issue.
By challenging assumptions, identifying smarter solutions and maintaining business continuity during critical periods, Initia helped its clients avoid significant disruption, reduce commercial risk and protect revenue.
The submission highlights the value of trusted advisers who align technical expertise with client priorities to achieve exceptional business outcomes.
Te Ahu a Turanga: Manawatū Tararua Highway
Consultants: Aurecon and WSP
Working alongside NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi, mana whenua, communities and stakeholders, Aurecon and WSP helped create value that extends far beyond improved connectivity.
Through collaboration, long-term thinking and a deep understanding of client and community priorities, the team delivered greater resilience, improved reliability, stronger regional connections and confidence for future growth.
The submission demonstrates how consulting expertise can create lasting economic, social, environmental and community value.
The Gift of Water – Regional Resilience
Consultant: Riley Consultants Limited
Working with clients across Hawke’s Bay and Te Tai Tokerau, Riley Consultants helped create long-term water security, confidence and resilience for businesses and communities.
By focusing on future needs as well as immediate challenges, the firm enabled greater certainty, reduced risk and supported opportunities for investment, growth and regional development.
The submission demonstrates how trusted advisory relationships can create enduring value well beyond the original scope of work.
Ace of Small Business
To elevate the business of consulting and acknowledge consulting excellence among smaller firms. This award recognises organisations that demonstrate exceptional consulting practice, raising the bar for the profession through specialist expertise, outstanding client value delivery and meaningful relationship building.
Arc Advisory: Strengthening the Client-Consultant Connection
Consultant: Arc Infrastructure Advisory
Arc Advisory demonstrates the powerful contribution small consultancies can make when specialist expertise is combined with trusted relationships, knowledge sharing and a genuine commitment to client success.
By working closely alongside clients, the firm helps organisations build capability, make informed decisions and navigate complex challenges with confidence.
The submission highlights how deep expertise, strong communication and a values-led culture can elevate client performance while strengthening the reputation and impact of the consulting profession.
Tactical Group Limited
Consultant: Tactical Group Limited
Tactical Group demonstrates how specialist expertise, client focus and strong stakeholder engagement can create meaningful value for both clients and communities.
Through a commitment to delivering practical outcomes, building trusted relationships and supporting successful decision-making, the firm has enhanced client outcomes while helping strengthen confidence in the value consulting brings.
The submission showcases the important role small consultancies play in delivering measurable benefits and creating lasting positive impact.
Ace of Medium Business
To elevate the business of consulting and acknowledge consulting excellence. This award recognises medium-sized organisations that demonstrate excellence across multiple dimensions of consulting practice, raising the bar for the profession through best practice in the business of consulting.
Regional Resilience: Setting the Benchmark for Medium-Scale Consulting Excellence
Consultant: Riley Consultants Limited
Riley Consultants demonstrates what consulting excellence looks like when expertise, leadership and community impact come together.
Through trusted client relationships, a commitment to developing future talent and active contribution to the profession, the firm consistently creates value that extends well beyond individual engagements.
The submission highlights how consulting can strengthen organisations, build capability, support resilient communities and help shape the future of the profession.
Powell Fenwick Consultants
Consultant: Powell Fenwick Consultants Limited
Powell Fenwick Consultants demonstrates how strong client relationships, sustainability leadership and professional excellence can deliver lasting value.
Through innovative thinking, trusted advisory relationships and a commitment to continuous improvement, the firm helps clients achieve better outcomes while advancing more sustainable approaches across the sectors in which it operates.
The submission highlights the important role consulting plays in helping organisations achieve long-term success.
A is for Archie – Amplifying Innovation & Adding Value
Consultant: Geotechnical Engineering Limited (T/A Soil & Rock Consultants)
Soil and Rock demonstrates how innovation, strong culture and a relentless focus on improvement can create meaningful benefits for both clients and employees.
Through investment in technology, business improvement and responsive client service, the firm has built trusted relationships and developed new ways of working that enhance efficiency, performance and decision-making.
The submission showcases the value consulting can create through innovation, adaptability and a commitment to continually doing better.
Ace of Large Business
To elevate the business of consulting and acknowledge consulting excellence. This award recognises large-sized organisations that set new benchmarks for the profession, raising both client and public expectations of the value and contribution consultants deliver, and elevating best practice in the business of consulting.
Aurecon
Consultant: Aurecon
Aurecon is helping shape the future of consulting through leadership in sustainability, inclusion, technical excellence and capability development.
Across the business, initiatives such as Design Academy, Q-Factor and technical communities that support professional growth, cultural capability, innovation and client success, are creating positive outcomes for communities, clients and the wider profession.
The submission demonstrates how a large consultancy can use its influence to advance industry practice, strengthen partnerships and contribute meaningfully to the future of Aotearoa New Zealand.
Three Small Letters; One Big Impact
Consultant: WSP
WSP demonstrates how a large consultancy can use its scale and expertise to create impact that extends well beyond individual engagements.
Through shaping policy, building client capability, advancing sustainability outcomes and helping organisations strengthen resilience, the firm continues to influence how communities, businesses and governments respond to complex challenges.
The submission highlights a strong culture of innovation, continuous improvement and trusted partnership, supported by measurable evidence of value creation across clients, communities and the profession.
Smart Seeds Programme: Growing Future-Fit Capabilities
Consultant: GHD Limited
Through Smart Seeds, GHD has brought together more than 800 emerging leaders from over 150 organisations to tackle real-world challenges, build leadership capability and strengthen connections across sectors.
By connecting clients, community organisations, government agencies, mana whenua and emerging professionals, the programme is helping build the future capability of New Zealand’s consulting sector.
The submission demonstrates the impact consulting can have when it invests not only in projects and clients, but in the next generation of leaders.
He Tohu Auroa
To recognise consulting engineering firms whose commitment to Te Ao Māori and iwi/hapū relationships moves across these shared currents, shaping how they practise, partner and deliver.
GHD He Tohu Auroa – Cambridge Wastewater Treatment Plant
Consultant: GHD Limited
By placing mātauranga Māori at the heart of decision-making, GHD has helped reshape how one of the Waikato region’s most significant wastewater challenges was approached.
The Mātauranga Matariki Framework and a partnership-led Kaitiaki Group brought mana whenua, councils and technical specialists together to make decisions in the best interests of the Waikato River and future generations.
The result is a powerful example of how trusted relationships and shared leadership can create lasting environmental, cultural and community outcomes.
Te Paeroa o te Kawau
Consultant: Beca Limited with Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei
Te Paeroa o te Kawau stands as a powerful expression of the partnership between Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei and Beca.
What began with a commitment to work differently has evolved into a relationship that influences leadership, learning, cultural capability and future generations.
Through mentoring, scholarships, shared kaupapa and the integration of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei identity and values into Beca’s future headquarters, the partnership demonstrates how authentic relationships can create enduring benefits for people, organisations and communities.
Infrastructure Belonging: Te Mauri o te Wai, Te Mauri o te Whenua, Te Mauriora o te Tangata
Consultant: Mahi Maioro Professionals
Through its Infrastructure Belonging approach, Mahi Maioro Professionals challenges conventional thinking about how infrastructure relates to people and place.
Grounded in the Mauri Model Decision Making Framework, the approach brings mātauranga Māori, science and community wellbeing together to support decisions that enhance the mauri of waterways, whenua and communities.
Developed over nearly two decades and applied across Aotearoa and internationally, the framework helps shape environmental restoration, governance and infrastructure outcomes, while strengthening Māori participation, capability and leadership in decision-making.
Rautaki Māori
Consultant: WSP
Guided by its Rautaki Māori, WSP has built a nationwide approach to working alongside iwi, hapū, marae and Māori organisations.
From strengthening iwi planning capability and supporting community-led recovery efforts to creating pathways for future Māori professionals, the strategy influences how the organisation learns, leads and delivers.
Through enduring partnerships, cultural capability building and a commitment to embedding Te Ao Māori across its work, WSP is helping create lasting benefits for communities, the environment and future generations.
Emerging Leader Award – sponsored by Tonkin + Taylor
Christoph Kraus, Beca Limited
Christoph Kraus is an emerging leader who combines technical excellence with a strong commitment to collaboration, professional development and the future of the consulting sector.
Through his work as an engineering geologist, he has demonstrated leadership on complex infrastructure and resilience challenges, bringing together clients, iwi, contractors, communities and project teams to deliver positive outcomes.
Beyond his consulting role, Christoph has made a significant contribution to the wider profession through industry bodies, technical guidance development, education initiatives and mentoring emerging professionals. His leadership has helped strengthen capability within the geotechnical community while creating opportunities for others to learn, connect and grow.
Drawing on a diverse personal and professional journey, including international experience and a strong commitment to understanding different perspectives, Christoph brings a thoughtful and inclusive approach to leadership. His focus on collaboration, continuous improvement and contributing to the long-term success of the profession demonstrates the qualities of a leader helping to shape the future of consulting.
Lupesina Koro, Tektus Consultants Limited
Lupesina Koro is an emerging leader whose influence extends across consulting, governance and community leadership.
Guided by her Samoan and Tokelauan heritage and a strong commitment to service, she brings a values-led approach to leadership that focuses on creating opportunities for others and strengthening the communities she serves.
Through her work in consulting, professional organisations, governance roles and initiatives that support Māori and Pasifika professionals, Lupesina has demonstrated a genuine commitment to building a more inclusive, connected and representative profession. She is recognised for her ability to foster meaningful relationships, bring people together around a common purpose and create pathways for emerging leaders to thrive.
Alongside her professional achievements, Lupesina has made a significant contribution through community leadership, mentoring and industry advocacy. Her ability to connect cultural values, community service and consulting practice brings a distinctive perspective to leadership and reflects a deep commitment to strengthening both the profession and the communities it serves. Through her leadership, she is helping shape a consulting sector where more people can see themselves, belong and succeed.
Joanna Park, Tonkin + Taylor Limited
Joanna Park is an emerging leader recognised for her thoughtful, inclusive approach to leadership and her commitment to creating positive outcomes for people, communities and the profession.
Through her work on complex infrastructure and resilience challenges, Joanna demonstrates an ability to bring diverse perspectives together, build trust across stakeholder groups and help teams navigate complexity with confidence and clarity.
Alongside her consulting work, Joanna is passionate about developing future talent and strengthening understanding of the value consulting brings to society. Through mentoring, technical leadership and community initiatives such as the Wonder Project, she is helping to inspire the next generation while creating opportunities for more diverse voices to be heard and valued.
Drawing on her own personal journey and lived experience, Joanna has developed a leadership style grounded in curiosity, empathy and continuous learning. She is recognised for her ability to turn knowledge into practical action, support others to grow, and foster collaboration that leads to better decisions and stronger outcomes. Her commitment to inclusion, resilience and developing others reflects the qualities of a leader who is helping shape the future of consulting in Aotearoa.
Diversity and Inclusion Award – in association with
The Diversity Agenda
Graham Moralee, Stantec New Zealand

As Technical Leader in Network Planning and Three Waters Technical Discipline Lead at Stantec New Zealand, Graham Moralee plays a critical role in shaping water infrastructure outcomes while leading technical teams and delivering complex consulting advice for clients across New Zealand. Alongside these significant professional responsibilities, he has become a passionate advocate for creating workplaces where people feel safe, valued and able to bring their whole selves to work.
Grounded in both lived experience and a belief that diversity strengthens organisations, Graham has championed inclusion across Stantec and the wider consulting and engineering profession. Since taking on leadership of Stantec New Zealand’s Pride Employee Resource Group, he has helped increase visibility, strengthen allyship, foster community connection and support greater psychological safety for LGBTQIA+ employees and allies.
Beyond Stantec, Graham contributes to industry-wide progress through Engineering New Zealand’s Rainbow Network, The Diversity Agenda and other sector forums that advance inclusion across consulting and engineering. By bringing external insights back into his organisation while sharing lessons from practice, he helps connect organisational action with wider industry change.
Graham’s contribution to the diversity and inclusion movement is particularly compelling in the way he integrates inclusion with technical leadership. As a respected Chartered Water and Environmental Manager leading nationally significant technical work, he demonstrates that fostering belonging and achieving professional excellence go hand in hand. His leadership shows how inclusive workplaces can strengthen teams, improve outcomes and help people thrive.
Jenny Harrison, WSP

As a Principal Planner and Business Manager of WSP New Zealand’s Whanganui office, Jenny Harrison leads a multidisciplinary team of around 30 people while contributing decades of experience to the consulting profession. Having spent more than 35 years in planning and business leadership roles, she is widely respected for her practical, people-focused approach to leadership and her commitment to creating workplaces where others can succeed.
Alongside her business and professional responsibilities, Jenny has demonstrated exceptional leadership in advancing diversity and inclusion by bringing visibility, understanding and support to an often-overlooked workplace issue. Drawing on her own lived experience, she recognised the impact that perimenopause and menopause can have on wellbeing, participation and career progression, and turned that insight into meaningful actions.
Through her leadership, menopause has become an increasingly recognised part of workplace wellbeing and inclusion discussions. Jenny led the drive to develop educational initiatives, support networks, practical resources and organisational guidance that have strengthened understanding, increased psychological safety and provided meaningful support for employees and leaders alike.
The impact of her work extends far beyond her own team, influencing conversations across WSP and the wider consulting and engineering sector. By combining courage, authenticity and persistence with the demands of leading a business and multidisciplinary team, Jenny has helped create lasting change. Her leadership demonstrates that inclusion is not separate from professional success, but an essential part of building workplaces where people can thrive throughout every stage of their career.
Futurespace Award – sponsored by AECOM
Steve Abley, Abley Limited
Steve Abley has demonstrated leadership in challenging traditional consulting models and creating new ways to deliver value through technology, data and automation.
Anticipating major shifts in the profession long before they became mainstream, he led the development of innovative, repeatable consulting solutions that combine expert judgement with digital products and decision-support tools.
His leadership has shaped how expertise is applied within his business, while also helping shape wider conversations about the future of consulting. Through industry thought leadership, practical innovation and the successful expansion of New Zealand-developed solutions into international markets, Steve has shown how future-focused thinking can create lasting impact.
By empowering others to embrace new approaches and demonstrating how innovation can strengthen both professional practice and client value, he continues to help prepare the consulting sector for the opportunities and challenges ahead.
John Kreft, WSP

John Kreft is helping shape the future of consulting by transforming complex data and emerging technologies into practical tools that support better decisions and stronger resilience outcomes.
Through his leadership in geospatial intelligence, automation, digital twins and natural hazard management, he has pioneered innovative approaches that move organisations beyond static reporting to continuous, decision-ready insights.
His work has created scalable solutions with impact across New Zealand, helping WSP better understand risk, prioritise investment and make more informed decisions.
Alongside delivering complex technical innovation, John has demonstrated the leadership required to bring new ideas into practice, building capability within teams, mentoring others and championing approaches that can be adopted well beyond their original application.
Supported by strong independent endorsements from respected leaders across the sector, John’s work demonstrates how future-focused thinking, combined with practical implementation, can create lasting value for the consulting profession.




