We're governed by nine board members made up of one president and eight elected members. Each member is representative of our membership. Board members are elected for a one-year term by ACE New Zealand members at our Annual General Meeting. They can serve a maximum of three consecutive terms.
People
Meet the ACE New Zealand board, regional chairs and staff who work together to be the voice of consulting and engineering.
ACE New Zealand Board
Ian Fraser (President)
Executive General Manager - Asia Pacific
Ian is the current President of ACE New Zealand and is General Manager, Asia Pacific with GHD. He is passionate about leading a fully integrated client-centric organisation that brings diverse teams of people together to deliver solutions to clients.
GHD Limited
+64 9 370 8101
Ceinwen McNeil
Chief Executive Officer
CEO at BVT, Ceinwen McNeil is a strong leader with a unique and highly valuable ability to turn strategy into tangible outcomes. She studied at Harvard Business School in 2016, and again between 2018-2020.
EA email - [email protected]
BVT Engineering
Chris Maguire
Upper North Island Water Group Manager
2019's Future Leader Award, Chris is the Stantec manager for the Upper North Island Water group in New Zealand. Chris specialises in the engineering and project management of water, wastewater, and stormwater systems.
Stantec New Zealand
+64 9 580 4594
Megan Barfoot
Company Director, Civil Engineer
Meagan is a Founding Director of RoadLab. She has 20 years’ experience in roading, transport and infrastructure engineering. She describes herself as an ideas person – able to look outside the box and see the bigger or brighter picture.
RoadLab Ltd
0275632426
Glen Cornelius
Managing Director
Glen is Managing Director of Harrison Grierson and is responsible for steering them through significant transformation and growth. An experienced civil engineer, Glen is a member of the NZ Institute of Directors and Board Chair of Habitat for Humanity.
Harrison Grierson
+64 9 917 5000
Brett Ogilvie
Executive Leader - Director
Brett is an executive leader and board director at Tonkin + Taylor with governance experience in Aotearoa and the USA. With Māori heritage, diversity and inclusion is an area of great passion for Brett.
Tonkin & Taylor
(09) 355 6072
Emily Afoa
Director
Emily (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Maniapoto) is a Director of Tektus Consultants. An Environmental Engineer, she works to empower multi-disciplinary design and the valuing of mātauranga Māori across her practice.
Tektus
Simon Fenton
Construction Phase Services Lead - CRL Aotea Station
As Construction Phase Services Lead - CRL Aotea Station, Simon has experience in civil and structural engineering and project management gained in New Zealand, the Pacific Islands and the UK.
WSP
Andrea Rickard
General Manager Transport & Infrastructure
Andrea is General Manager Transport & Infrastructure at Beca and a planner / social scientist. She thrives on making a difference and shaping the environments and communities of the future is a big motivator.
Beca
Regional Chairs
12 regional chairs are elected each year to facilitate ACE New Zealand’s activities and initiatives regionally.
Marlo Bromley
Wellington
Marlo is a structural engineering specialist with a strong focus on the client-engineer relationship.
Don Thomson Consulting Engineers
Rob Brown
Northland
Managing Director at Shorewise Engineering Consultants, Rob specialises in the planning of Marine Development Works, Marine Structure Design, Civil Engineering Design, Civil Engineering, Contract Management, Structural Design and Project Management.
Shorewise Engineering Consultants
Andrew Davidson
Canterbury/West Coast
As Work Group Manager – Structures for WSP, Andrew is passionate about continuously improving outcomes within our industry. Named a finalist for the Engineering New Zealand Young Engineer of the Year in 2018, he's a motivated people leader.
WSP
Colin Dryland
North Shore
Colin is a Senior Associate Civil Engineer at Woods. With 19 years’ experience, he specialises in the design and management of land development projects and stormwater management systems.
Woods
0211185911
Rob Fleet
Waikato
Rob is a structural and civil engineer and is a member of Engineering New Zealand, Chartered Professional Engineer, Structural Engineering Society New Zealand, New Zealand National Society for Earthquake Engineering and Timber Design Society.
Gray Consulting Engineers
+64 7 8395225
Tony Matthews
Auckland
Tony is Project Manager at AECOM. He strives to be creative and innovative, particularly in the field of technology and people management.
AECOM
+64 9 967 9180
Erin McNary
Nelson / Blenheim
Erin is a senior civil water engineer and project manager at Stantec, a Professional Engineer (US) and a Chartered Member of Engineering NZ. As Branch Manager for Stantec in the Nelson region, she enjoys bringing people together.
Stantec
Russell Nettlingham
Hawke's Bay
Russell is a Chartered Professional Civil and Structural Engineer with over 25 years experience in structural and civil engineering design in the United Kingdom, Malaysia and New Zealand.
Strata Group
+64 6 876 7646
Campbell Ogilvie
Manawatu
Campbell is project manager on a range of transportation, buildings and power related projects and is currently the WSP Infrastructure Team Leader in Palmerston North.
WSP
Atiqa Rashid
Bay of Plenty
Atiqa is a structural design engineer at WSP. She was the first female engineer to join Pakistan Railways in its 61-year history.
WSP
Geoff Wigley
Otago/Southland
As a Structural Engineer with Stantec, this is Geoffrey's first year as an ACE New Zealand Regional Chair. He is looking forward to collaborating with others on a shared vision for change.
Stantec
Chad Williams
Taranaki
Chad is a civil engineer at Beca in the Taranaki region. He believes integrity is his greatest strength. He's spent the past 10 years contracting which has provided him with a practical skill base and industry knowledge to drive projects to success.
Beca
Staff Directory
Six people work for ACE New Zealand.
Helen Davidson
CEO
Helen is an experienced executive with a background in law, policy and dispute resolution. She loves that every day she works to support our sector in shaping the future of Aotearoa.
ACE New Zealand
Nicole Seadon
EA to the CE
Working away behind the scenes, Nicole is responsible for diary management and administrative support.
ACE New Zealand
Holly Morchat
General Manager Membership and Engagement
Holly manages our events and sponsorship at ACE New Zealand. She loves working with an energetic team and learning and sharing new skills.
ACE New Zealand
Michelle Sloan
Membership and Digital Specialist
Michelle is our Membership and Database Manager looking after our new and existing members.
ACE NZ
Suzie Hart
Communications Manager
Suzie manages our communications and digital marketing at ACE New Zealand.
ACE New Zealand
Faith Dennis
Communications Advisor
Faith plays a key role in delivering our communications and digital marketing at ACE New Zealand.
ACE New Zealand
Sharon Jansen
Finance Manager
Sharon manages our payroll, invoicing and budget at ACE New Zealand.
ACE New Zealand
