Our Team
Meet the people that drive Xyst’s passion for creating outdoor spaces that enhance our communities with healthy, safe and sustainable places for people to explore and play. Across every department, we have extensive experience in all aspects of outdoor space management. If we can share our expertise and help you to bring your project to fruition, please get in touch.
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Senior Consultant
I am a parks professional with 40 years’ experience in the industry and a proven record of building strong relationships and implementing strategies that deliver results. I have worked extensively...
Senior Consultant
I have worked in local government in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, more recently overseeing the governance structure, stakeholder engagement and staff leadership within a primary health netwo...
Director
As a Director, I am able to support clients in many ways with my specialities in asset management, procurement, maintenance contract options, service reviews and project management support.
My exper...
Senior Consultant
I have over 30 years’ experience in the horticulture, parks and open spaces, community facilities and customer service sectors. I have been involved in contract management, business development a...
Consultant
As a consultant, I am involved with a mixture of parks planning, asset management, capital works delivery and programme management projects for councils. My role often requires a high degree of meani...
Associate Consultant
I have over 30 years local government experience, holding a range of positions within community development, open space, recreation and sport and community assets portfolios. I was instrumental in de...
Consultant / Auditor
The key parts of my role include auditing parks, asset inspections and usage, assessing residential impact, and community and stakeholder engagement.
There are many complexities to consider while ins...
Auditor
I put my all into every opportunity and am always open to learning. I am involved in parks audits for Xyst and its associated Yardstick benchmarking program, assessing park assets, conditions and m...
Consultant
With over 15 years combined experience in natural resource management and arboriculture, I have been involved in a variety of projects within the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. This in...
Business Manager
As a Qualified Accountant, I have considerable commercial experience across several industry sectors. I have worked in both Aotearoa New Zealand and Europe, within the financial sector, and throu...
Founder, Independent Director and Principal Associate
I founded Xyst in 2002 with a desire to establish a parks and community facilities company that could both meet the needs of local government and also provide an alternative safe and happy workplace ...