Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Experience : Responsible for strategic evaluation, conceptualization, visioneering, initiation, implementation and/or completion of more than 280 capital development works in 18 countries. I have furnished advisory services to governments, particularly where public-private partnering or privatisation was contemplated. Main project types undertaken : refer to Portfolio Extract below. Specialties include : Strategic planning, Regional development, Property development, Development project management, Socio-economic development, Technology transfer, Urban planning, Professional architecture, Business and project unit structuring and management, Project funding. Innovations include : Creation of special economic zones for tourism, Integration of sustainable transportation within regional community building. Through to end 2014, Mason Group Limited was engaged in advising on the development of several large scale, private sector tourism based development projects, and concurrently advising to Indonesian Ministries and State Owned Enterprises on the creation of strategic special economic zones for tourism throughout the archipelago. From early 2015 the Directors of Mason Group have relocated to Auckland, New Zealand, where full property development services from strategy through to implementation are offered.
Abacus is an integrated property and construction industry advisory partnership. The company specializes in timely delivery of visionary, high-end brown-field, green-field and blue-field property and related developments for its clients
Assembly of consultants and contractors to act in a partnering environment to offer privatisation or development advice to emerging governments, private sector investors, and developers. Partners include land owners and equity funders. Professional advice, hands-on initiation, structured funding, and implementation of infrastructure and socio-economic mega projects undertaken on a commercial private sector or semi privatized basis in Australia, Canada, China, Fiji, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Mozambique, New Zealand, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and West Samoa. Focus on creation of significant value through sustainable tourism and commercial development. Originator of Special Economic Zone for Tourism concept applied in Africa and Indonesia.
Consultant planning and architecture discipline manager for a phased, predominantly engineering assignment to validate and refine a master plan proposal prepared by USA based consultants, for an ultra - large scale, island based, residential and associated urban development for the Emirati community.
Expert advisor to architectural practitioners, clients, other industry bodies, and government institutions on the management of practices, projects and assets, and upliftment in the quality of construction in New Zealand.