Our People
Anton Venter
Snr. Projects Manager
Program Manager
Engineer to Contract
Anton has an extensive Leadership and Service Delivery background, a solid track record and is a Chartered Professional Engineer.
He studied Mechanical Engineering at the North-West University in South Africa and obtained his first Bachelors degree in 2010. He then complemented his mechanical knowledge and experience with Electrical Engineering and obtained Government Certification through the South African Department of Minerals and Resources.
In 2015 he completed his internationally accredited MBA (NZQA L9) and delivered a published dissertation on “The Influence of Entrepreneurial Orientation on Business Success in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises”.
Working for 4 years in the FMCG Industry he developed Asset Management strategies and introduced enhanced reliability to some of New Zealand’s dairy processing facilities. He obtained certification as a Maintenance and Reliability Professional in 2017 (ANSI).
He has held multiple senior leadership positions in complex environments, including Fonterra and most recently at Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand, where he was the General Manager for Facilities, Engineering and Asset Management (incl. Major Capital Projects and Property Management). His responsibilities included a ~$32m OPEX budget, a ~680m CAPEX budget over 4 years, and oversaw ~$1.5b worth of assets across 22 sites in South Auckland, in addition to 110 FTEs and 120+ contractors.
Anton is now involved in delivering Property, Infrastructure, and Remediation Solutions that enable improvements to service delivery and overall business function across multiple sectors, including:
- Healthcare facilities
- Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG)
- Dairy manufacturing
Timothy Christie
Snr. Projects Manager
Program Manager
Engineer to Contract
Timothy is an accomplished Civil/Structural Engineer and Project Manager with over a decade of experience delivering complex infrastructure projects across New Zealand and internationally. Tim is highly skilled in delivering public infrastructure projects for various local government clients.
Timothy brings a strong background in contract administration, MSQA, NZS3910 delivery, and Engineer to the Contract roles. His experience includes fire upgrades, critical services renewals, and site-wide infrastructure works in live operational environments, as well as transport and coastal infrastructure for councils.
He has acted as ETC Engineer’s Representative on intersection upgrades, bridge replacements, and marine works, and now manages multidisciplinary teams through scoping, design, tender, and construction. Timothy is known for his clear communication, risk management focus, and structured delivery approach—balancing practical outcomes with quality, safety, and stakeholder alignment.
Gerhard Van Eeden
Engineering Projects Manager
Industrial Engineer
Gerhard brings 20 years experience in building and developing Engineering Infrastructure Gerhard is the person who oversees complex infrastructure projects on the ground. Gerhard has spent years building electrical substations and mechanical plantrooms. He now offers his technical expertise to the healthcare sector.
He has held various leadership positions in Engineering and Operations management before moving into Project Management. G delivered large projects related to Hydro Power stations, Shopping centres, HVAC and Electrical infrastructure.
Gerhard holds qualifications in both Mechanical & Electrical Engineering and is currently completing his PMP.
Alida Venter
Project Manager
Education & Healthcare
Alida is your ideal Project Manager for small - medium sized projects in ECE, Primary and Special Ed. schools that may even require user interfacing and implementation in live environments. Having worked as a teacher in ECE and primary schools with special needs, Alida has developed a passion for helping create fit for purpose spaces and facilities for people with disabilities and special needs.
Alida is very energetic and compassionate, a pair of safe hands you can trust to get it done.
Alida has a degree in Primary Teaching and complimented the teaching background with Prince2 Practitioner and hands on Project Management experience. She has also played an important role developing the FERS Ltd PM Delivery Process.
Chester Buller
Projects Advisor
Education and Healthcare
With more than 40 years’ experience, including more than 10 of those years in the Healthcare sector. Chester brings an enormous amount of ALL ROUND experience to the team with very valuable knowledge of the Healthcare and Education industry facilities and infrastructure and the operational requirements around them.
Chester has been involved with projects from master planning, Business case stage through to delivering the complete solution and Universities and Hospitals.
Chester has a solid background in Major Capital works and he is highly competent helping clients understand project issues and challenges. Chester takes a very practical and logical approach to solving problems. Chester lead projects at Hospitals and University. In both these environments Chester was faced with keeping the facilities and infrastructure operational while implementing a new, sustainable solution.
Peter Simcock
Projects Advisor
Systems and Quality Management
Peter has over 40 years experience as a civil engineer, working on a wide variety of large and complex infrastructure projects. Since retiring, Peter has undertaken assignments to support project teams delivering infrastructure projects for a major hospital in South Auckland.
Peter spent almost nine years in senior positions in Waka Kotahi (NZTA) leading a team of project managers delivering highway projects across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty. These included the Waikato Expressway, where he was closely involved through the investigation and delivery stages for all of the sections and a large highway project in the Waikato, where he is based.
Some of Peter’s skills include;
Administering contracts for construction and professional services.
Construction monitoring, with a focus on quality assurance.
Reviewing and providing guidance on project scope and standards, with the aim of attaining appropriate solutions.
Tender evaluation and support for procurement of professional services and construction contracts.
Reviewing technical reports.
Peter's qualifications include;
BSc. Civil Engineering
Chartered Civil Engineer (UK) from 1983 until retirement in 2018
Chartered Professional Engineer (NZ) from 2010 until 2016
Alan Emond
Site Manager
Minor Works Project Manager
Clark of Works
Alan has more than 10 years in Project Management and Construction Site Management.
Alan brings a strong background in Health and Safety and Risk Management and over the last 4 years he has been instrumental in delivering important Hospital projects in the South Auckland area.
These include;
Refurbishing the Auckland Spinal Unit with a new Patient Lounge, offices, clinic rooms refit and to add 6 New bed spaces and 3 ensuite units within the current footprint.
New Acute CT Suite Established for interventional radiology
And a new Siemens CT in a busy Emergency Department including X-Ray Control Room
Remodeling the X-Ray 3 replacement
Large MRI Suite Refurbishment