Chris took up the role of CEO at Brightwater Group late in 2011, prior to which he was Chief Executive of Building Products where he had responsibility for a portfolio of New Zealand and Australian Building Products businesses with revenues of over NZ$800m. Prior to this role he has held general management positions at Winstone Aggregates and Fletcher Construction. Chris holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of Canterbury and a Masters degree (Engineering Science and Management) from Stanford University in California.

Peter joined Mainzeal in 2007 in the role of CEO. Prior to joining Mainzeal, he was General Manager of construction for Westfield New Zealand. Peter has worked extensively in Australia, the Philippines and the UK, where he has held senior management and project positions responsible for the delivery of major projects. He was born in the UK and is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Building, was a Foundation Member of the New Zealand Institute of Building, is on the board of the New Zealand Green Building Council and has a MBA from the University of Western Australia.

Richard Harris is the Chairman of Jasmax and the immediate Past President of the New Zealand Institute of Architects. He chairs Construction Information Ltd and is a board member for the Committee for Auckland. He is a former chairman of the Architects Education and Registration Board and in 2009 chaired the Government’s Urban Taskforce. Richard has been involved in Auckland CBD projects and master planning for over 30 years. His projects have won numerous architectural and property industry awards.

Gordon has been CEO of building materials supply group ITM since 2001. Prior to that for 12 years he held finance, marketing, international development and strategy roles with CHH Wood Products.

Mark has led the Infrastructure Division of Fletcher Building since 2000, holding roles in the Construction and Property businesses of Fletcher Challenge prior to that. Infrastructure is the largest division of Fletcher Building with NZ$2b in revenue and NZ$203m EBIT in FY09. Operations comprise all construction and concrete operations including well-known brands Fletcher Construction, Fletcher Residential, Firth Concrete, Golden Bay Cement, Winstone Aggregates and Humes Pipeline Systems. The Division has operations in New Zealand, Australia and the South Pacific. Mark holds an LLB from Auckland University.

David is Managing Director of McConnell Group. McConnell Group is one of New Zealand’s leading property, construction and infrastructure groups and includes McConnell Property, Hawkins Construction, Steelpipe New Zealand and Steelpipe Australia. David is a Director of Committee for Auckland and a Member of the University of Auckland’s Business School Advisory Board. He is a past Board member of Mighty River Power and past Deputy Chair of Telstra Clear Events Centre. In 2006 he received the Sir Peter Blake Emerging Leadership Award and in 2008 was a recipient of the prestigious Eisenhower Fellowship. David has been involved in numerous civic and community initiatives during the last 10 years, including assisting Auckland and New Zealand’s Economic Development agenda, education improvements in secondary and tertiary, and leadership development. David has a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) from Canterbury University and an MBA from Kellogg Business School, Northwestern University, Chicago.

Pieter holds an LLB, a Trade Certificate in Carpentry and an MBA. He has held various building industry roles including, most recently, CEO of the Registered Master Builders Federation and, prior to that, CEO of the Building & Construction Industry Training Organisation. He has significant experience in government policy and in leading and advising industry bodies.

Mike has been a Registered Master Builder since 1982 and is currently Chairman of Registered Master Builders. He holds a New Zealand Certificate in Building and is a Licensed Building Practitioner with a Site 3 Licence. Mike has been in business for 29 years and completed hundreds of homes through his companies, Primesite Homes Ltd (which specialises in unique homes, often on more challenging sites) and Stonewood Homes Wellington Ltd (which caters for the pre-designed group housing market). He is a Director of BRANZ and is also past National President of RMBF.

Richard (LPB / ATC) is the owner of R J Merrifield Ltd, a building company undertaking architectural houses and alterations in and around the Nelson region. Richard is chairman of the BRANZ advisory committee (BRAC) and the past chairman of CBANZ, was a member of the Minister of Building and Housing task force on productivity and is now a member of the Building Act Review advisory group. Richard has also been on the committee reviewing NZS 3604.