EKEPANUKU - Key Persons
As Head of People & Culture Alaina works closely with leaders at all levels to support the development and implementation of strategic people initiatives. A specific focus for the Eke Panuku People & Culture team is workforce planning, leadership, talent, culture and engagement to drive towards Panuku's strategic objectives.
Alaina is a seasoned human resources professional - a trusted advisor, coach, partner and leader. She has worked in both private and public sector organisations and has been with Eke Panuku since 2016. Alaina is passionate about creating an environment that enables people to be their best, delivering on our people promise and ensuring a collaborative, capable, diverse and thriving workforce.
Job Titles:
- General Manager Development
- General Manager for Development
Allan Young's team is responsible for directing the successful delivery of development projects. The team works right across the organisation and with partners and stakeholders, throughout the lifecycle of a project Allan Young's team is responsible for directing the successful delivery of development projects.
Allan has a successful history of working in both the private and public sectors. Extensive experience in residential and commercial property development in brown and green field locations. Skilled in undertaking complex large scale property transactions. Some examples include Development Agreements at Hobsonville Point, Ormiston Town Centre, New Lynn, Avondale and Wynyard Quarter.
Job Titles:
- General Manager Community & Stakeholder Relations
Angelika has worked in public relations and senior executive roles in both the private sector and local government in New Zealand and Singapore. She has broad experience in corporate strategy, strategic communications and stakeholder relations, crisis management, internal communications and project management.
As General Manager Community & Stakeholder Relations, Angelika is focused on how the organisation can work with key partners from Central Government and the private sector, locally and internationally to support urban regeneration in Tāmaki Makaurau. Angelika believes the biggest challenge for Eke Panuku is to strike a balance between achieving commercial outcomes for the benefit of its shareholder (Auckland Council), while ensuring that Eke Panuku continues to create amazing places.
Job Titles:
- General Manager Strategy and Planning
As General Manager Strategy and Planning, Brenna leads a small team focused on setting the strategic direction of the organisation and ensuring that the plans are in place to enable the urban regeneration of town centres. This includes the consenting strategy for Eke Panuku projects, plan changes and business cases to enable programme delivery, as well as our Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) commitments and practices, operational policy and corporate strategy.
Brenna has worked in local government for many years and has a wealth of experience in urban regeneration, strategic planning, housing and intensification, sustainability and climate change, research, policy development and stakeholder engagement. At Waterfront Auckland, Brenna led development of the Sustainable Development Framework and provided significant input to the development of Wynyard Quarter. At the Auckland Regional Council, Brenna led a wide range of projects including reform of the Unit Titles Act and evaluation of the regional growth management plan. In London Brenna was involved in the spatial planning for the South East England, waste management and airport development.
Brenna believes that Eke Panuku has an opportunity to provide leadership as the council's urban regeneration agency. Facilitating new housing choices, including affordable housing and responding to the climate crisis are key areas of focus.
The Chief Financial Officer ensures that Eke Panuku has effective and efficient internal control mechanisms, processes and systems to support the safe delivery of projects and business functions.
Carl Gosbee has over 25 years' experience in corporate financial management for property, regeneration and housing companies.
He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, and has held executive financial roles in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. Carl has extensive experience leading high performance teams within the back office, property investment and customer service arenas.
David is an experienced director and chief executive. He has held CEO roles with Ngāi Tahu Property, The Eden Park Trust and St Lukes Group/Westfield NZ. David has also held senior executive roles with SKYCITY Entertainment Group.
He now concentrates on board directorships and some advisory consulting work. David has significant experience in the property and building sectors, and also in the entertainment sector.
David is on the board of Naylor Love Construction and The New Zealand Housing Foundation. David is Chair of Kaha Ake GP Ltd and Chair of Beachlands South GP Ltd (both roles as an independent Director/Chair on behalf of The New Zealand Superannuation Fund). He is also Chief Executive of Kaha Ake Project Delivery Ltd (the entity charged with delivering Canterbury's new multi-use arena).
David has spent most of his career working for the people of Tāmaki Makaurau.
Originally a law graduate, he joined Auckland City Council in 1989 where he worked in various roles including Industrial Relations Manager and Finance Director before being appointed Chief Executive in 2005. Following the Auckland Council amalgamation in 2010 he became Chief Executive of Auckland Council Property Limited before Eke Panuku Development Auckland's establishment in 2015.
As a life-long Aucklander, he enjoys seeing transformation across the city. He works with significant private and public sector partners to deliver high quality, well designed public spaces, homes, and thriving, well-connected town centres.
David has worked on urban regeneration throughout his local government career. He has been part of the transformation of the city centre since the mid-1990s, including the Britomart precinct and the waterfront.
He has led on strategic change initiatives, driven commercial and financial results, and been responsible for the care of long-term infrastructure and property assets along with continuous exposure to a complex stakeholder environment.
Job Titles:
- General Manager Design & Place
Gyles has a background in landscape architecture with extensive experience in strategic planning, project management, master-planning, urban development and all facets of public realm design and development.
Ian Wheeler oversees the leadership, planning and delivery of our regeneration programme across each of our priority locations. He's focused on working with Eke Panuku's team of skilled professionals, stakeholders and partners across the region to establish plans and programmes designed to achieve the vision and goals for the places and communities we work in. An important part of this role is to ensure we perform our lead agency role effectively across the council group and create the right blend of commercial strategy, public good investment (such as town squares and green spaces) and placemaking.
Prior to joining Eke Panuku, Ian held senior property management and development roles at Auckland Council and Housing New Zealand Corporation. At Auckland Council, his role as General Manager Property covered the management of a large and diverse multi-billion-dollar property portfolio including office, recreational, community and residential assets. Prior to working in New Zealand, Ian was the Chief Executive of an affordable housing company in South Africa, Durban.
Ian has been involved in various industry bodies including the Construction Clients Group and the New Zealand Green Building Council. He has more than 30 years' experience in the property industry covering management and governance roles within the private, public and not-for-profit sectors in New Zealand and abroad.
Job Titles:
- Non - Executive Director
- Eke Panuku Director
Jennifer Kerr has been a full time non-executive Director for the past four years. She is the Chair of New Zealand Trade and Enterprise and the Deputy Chair of Callaghan Innovation. She is also a Director of Waipa Networks Ltd, the Board Advisor to Mediaworks and a member of the NZ Police Assurance and Risk Committee.
Jennifer has previously held senior executive roles in New Zealand, North America and Europe in Human Resources and Health & Safety, as well as Stakeholder management roles. She is a member of Global Women and holds degrees in Arts and Social Sciences from the University of Waikato.
Jennifer is of Ngāti Mutunga and Ngāti Tama descent.
John Coop - Managing Director
Job Titles:
- Managing Director
- Eke Panuku Director
John Coop is Managing Director at Warren and Mahoney.
Throughout his career, John has spearheaded major design projects and has been a pivotal player in developing thought leadership in the wider architecture industry.
John is passionate about creating enduring projects that reflect the shared identity of the communities they serve.
Through Warren and Mahoney's role as a signatory to the Diversity Agenda Accord and the development of Te Matakīrea (Warren and Mahoney's Indigenous Design Unit), John is committed to making the architectural industry inclusive for all.
John is a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA), was formerly President of Auckland Architecture Association and Chair of the Auckland City Advisory Board.
Job Titles:
- Chartered Accountant
- Fellow
- Eke Panuku Director
Kenina is a Fellow Chartered Accountant. She has had a 30+ year career in both the commercial arena working through to CFO level and in public practice where she has built two (and sold one) accounting firms. She has extensive experience in property investment through both residential and commercial property and uses this knowledge to help her clients today build long term sustainable wealth.
Kenina is on the boards of the Oceania Career Academy, which works with Pasifika youth to provide them with learning pathways into careers within the construction industry, and the Banking Ombudsman Scheme, the dispute resolution scheme for New Zealand's banking industry.
Kenina is a New Zealand-born Samoan.
Job Titles:
- General Manager Assets & Delivery
Marian is responsible for managing Auckland Council's non service property portfolio including land, buildings and marinas. Marian has wide-ranging experience in both property management and property development in New Zealand and Ireland, including over 20 years' experience leading teams in local government.
At Eke Panuku, Marian has been responsible for identifying new business opportunities and providing strategic commercial property advice. She sets the strategic direction of the property portfolio in order to optimise returns while building and maintaining it to deliver long term value. She also facilitates development and investment across the region.
Paul is an iwi leader, experienced governor and nationally recognised environmental and Treaty lawyer.
Steve has led Fletcher Building's Residential & Development division for the last seven years. This includes Fletcher Living, delivering new housing communities such as the award-winning Waiata Shores and Kowhai Ridge developments, and partnering extensively with government and iwi across New Zealand. Delivering up to 1000 homes a year across numerous sites across Auckland, including terrace housing and apartment buildings, Steve is a leader in urban renewal.
Steve also has extensive experience with residential housing and mixed use developments across multiple geographies including Australia, New Zealand, Asia and the UK. He was one of the founding directors of First Base, a London residential developer focused exclusively on providing mixed-tenure housing solutions in inner and greater London, including developments that won UK planning and architectural awards. He is also a founding board member of the Urban Development Institute of NZ (UDINZ), was until recently a member of MBIE's Building Advisory Panel, and a steering group member of the Construction Industry Accord. He has five children and lives in East Auckland.
Susan Huria (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāi Tuahuriri) is the Chair of Leaderbrand and Gisborne Covered Production. She is a director of Ospri, the Royal College of General Practitioners and Accessible Properties. Susan is also a Trustee of Construction Health and Safety New Zealand and a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Directors.
She is the Independent Chair of the New Zealand Rugby League board appointment panel, a member of the Rhodes scholarship panel and the Te Ao Māori Community Governance group.
Job Titles:
- Representative of Te Rūnanga
Tame Te Rangi, a representative of Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua, gifted us the name Eke Panuku. Eke Panuku is derived from the whakataukī (proverb) Eke Panuku, Eke Tangaroa!, which acknowledges the unseen energies of the land and sea. In te ao Māori, Māori mihi to Tangaroa (Atua of the sea) to inspire success, excellence, and progress.