Hamish is co-director of Mackie Research and has 23 years of research and consultancy experience in various areas of human factors and ergonomics, with the last 15 years spent mostly in the transport sector. As a certified Human Factors professional, all of Hamish's work has the underlying theme of more human focussed systems and he has a particular focus on road safety and sustainable transport. Working with a range of collaborators, Hamish has worked on a number of important road safety projects including project lead for MBIE funded Te Ara Mua – Future Streets, a neighbourhood street retrofit to test sustainable suburban transport infrastructure, and Healthy Future Mobility Solutions, which focusses on healthy options for moving around our towns and cities in the future.

Sara is a second term Christchurch City Councillor and chairs the council’s Sustainability and Community Resilience Committee. A need for action on climate change has seen her take an active interest in transport, which accounts for 53% of the cities’ emissions, in urban form and in building community resilience. Watching the gradual rebuild of the city and success in some areas has been motivating and now, like many, she see the pandemic disruption as a way to help imbed wider behaviour changes across not only Christchurch, but the country. Sara has presented at the 2WalkNCycle 2018, the TALES Symposium, Otago University 2019, the Hawkes Bay Walking and Cycling Summit March 2020 and LGNZ/NZTA Urban Mobility for Liveable Towns and Cities May 2020.

Kerry has worked in the sport, recreation and and wellbeing sector for over 30 years and brings extensive experience in business development, leadership and contract management. Kerry has a Physical Education Degree from Otago University and also a Bachelor of Science from Otago University Majoring in Nutrition and Biochemistry. Kerry has held several positions in the sport and recreation, public health/nutrition and education sectors, bringing a wealth of experience to her current role. Over her career, Kerry has completed several leadership programmes including the Public Health Leadership Programme. Kerry leads the Healthy Families Waitākere team at Sport Waitākere.