Our Directors
With a vision of being New Zealand’s leading provider of land development services, our Directors are recognised industry leaders and foster collaboration, innovation, and excellence to deliver outstanding results for our clients.
CKL’s Director Team is a diverse group of talented individuals with complementary professional skills, local and international experience, and extensive leadership expertise. Our five Directors lead a team of over 100 surveyors, planners, engineers, and technical support staff across four office locations – Auckland, Hamilton, Te Awamutu and Tauranga. Drawing on the knowledge and experience of team members from each of our offices, dedicated, cross-functional project teams are created to meet, and exceed, client needs.
Geoff Webster
An experienced land development consultant who has successfully designed and managed major projects in both NZ and the UK.
Campbell Burrows
A skilled surveyor and project manager, with experience gained in the UK, Australia and NZ.
Bronwyn Rhynd
One of NZ’s leading environmental engineers and has been involved with many of NZ’s major environmental and civil engineering projects.
Bevan Houlbrooke
A planner with 15 years’ experience in both the local government and the private sector in New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
Hamish Ross
A licensed cadastral surveyor with extensive experience guiding clients through surveying, planning and land development projects.
Jonathan Gwyn
An accomplished cadastral surveyor, with expertise co-ordinating a range of different land development projects across CKL.
Judith Makinson
Judith has over 25 years’ experience with a range of public and private sector developments and is adept at identifying how people move to and through their environment, setting the scene for land development projects to accommodate pedestrian and vehicular access.
Our Leadership Team
With CKL you have the benefit of a fully integrated land development consultancy at your fingertips. Our consultants provide a diverse range of skills and expertise. We have experience across both the public and private sectors and no matter the size of your development, we take pride in delivering outstanding results.
Simon Reid
Simon has 15 years’ experience in surveying and land development in New Zealand and has a Bachelor of Surveying from the University of Otago.
Sam Jackman
Sam’s more than 20 years’ in land development has seen him apply his civil engineering expertise to a broad variety of projects on behalf of clients in the public and private sectors.
Daniel Brown
With more than 15 years of planning and project management experience across the public and private sectors in NZ and the UK, Daniel applies this expertise to a wide range of CKL client projects.
Adam Musa
Adam Musa is an experienced cadastral surveyor responsible for leading the surveying team in CKL’s Hamilton office.
Barry Knight
Barry joined CKL in Sept 2018 to lead the Hamilton-based team of professional surveyors and engineers. He has a wealth of experience, having worked as an engineering consultant and contractor for over 10 years, and prior to this had worked in various civil engineering roles in the South Island.
John Sternberg
John is a chartered engineer, with significant expertise across three waters engineering, infrastructure, and project management. He is the branch and engineering manager for CKL’s Tauranga office.
Daan Blokker
Daan Blokker brings a wealth of expertise to his role as the Hamilton Planning Manager. With years of experience in both the private and public sector, Daan’s background has equipped him with a comprehensive understanding of the intricacies of the planning landscape.
Michael Hall
Offers a wide range of experience from two-lot subdivisions to multi-billion dollar highways.
Wendy O’Leary
As People and Culture Manager, Wendy is responsible for developing and protecting the company’s high-performance environment.
Claire Donnelly
As Finance Manager at CKL, Claire uses both her varied experience across the finance, investment and health sectors, and her sound fiscal knowledge to manage the company’s finance function.
Daniella Holschier
Daniella has 11 years’ planning experience in New Zealand and the United Kingdom and has been with CKL for 5 years.
Malcolm Dawson
Malcolm has 30 years’ experience, specialising in land development surveying in New Zealand and as a Licensed Cadastral Surveyor, Malcolm has managed both large and small projects, surveying large-scale developments for New Zealand leaders in the industry.
Sarah Robson
As a Resource Management Planner at CKL Sarah Robson loves nothing more than seeing development plans come to life for her clients just as they expected.
Daryl Hughes
A Chartered Civil Engineer with 28 years’ experience in traffic and transportation in private, local government and central government sectors.
Stuart Lennox
With a deep, broad knowledge of the land development process, Stu utilises his 30 plus years of experience as a licensed cadastral surveyor to efficiently manage client projects and the development of CKL’s surveying team.