WE THINK POSSIBLE

Founder and Managing Director of Rationale, Ed has 25+ years of professional experience in the public and private infrastructure sector.

Tom has a knack for ‘seeing the wood from the trees’ and turning highly complex issues into manageable problems.

Chris is an experienced and recognised leader with over 20 years’ experience, focusing in recent years on delivering advisory services to establish complex projects as a leader of high performing teams.

A highly skilled programme leader and engagement specialist. Jimmy ensures evidence gathering, analysis, engagement and reporting integrate to develop high quality end products.

Chris is passionate for exploring the levers we have for unlocking the potential of our towns and cities to meet the needs and aspirations of our communities.

Craig joined Rationale as Chief Operating Officer in July 2016, bringing with him a wealth of experience, across a wide range of industries. 

Gene is a 'strategic' infrastructure manager whose passion is to improve asset management, infrastructure planning and service delivery performance.

Laura is an experienced strategic and operational policy advisor and business case practitioner with a knack for synthesizing and communicating complex information.

An experienced executive and programme manager, David has a strong strategic planning focus backed by robust management, business operations and project delivery experience.

Antoinette brings over two decades of local government experience, delivering complex projects in the community, engagement and infrastructure spaces..

Emily regularly leads the development of business cases and complex optioneering across a range of areas and sectors, ensuring all thinking is integrated and evidence-based.

Lucy has a strong track record in infrastructure decision making and has spent the past six years developing, delivering and supporting projects and programmes in the infrastructure space.

Ben’s strengths reside in applying strong analytical skills to tackle problems using an evidence-based approach.

Daniel has a unique set of skills that cover several sectors: civil engineering and related content, data analytics, economics, and engagement.

Annabelle excels in distilling complex issues and providing strategic insights to inform decision making, which yields wide-ranging benefits for communities across Aotearoa New Zealand.

An engaged and enquiring mind, Conor has experience spanning from science-based intellectual property to regional economic development across New Zealand

An experienced analyst, Andy turns numbers and data into evidence to support the decision making process. He also climbs mountains.

Helen’s passion and energy continues to be drawn towards people. Her understanding and interests lie in business improvement and business operating functions.

Carole is a number crunching wizard who has worked in a number of roles in the accounting and finance sector.

Kirsten is Rationale’s Wellington Office organiser extraordinaire. Her ability to ensure that everything in the office runs smoothly is testament to her 30+ years working for a variety of both government and private sector organisations.