Andrew worked at Waka Kotahi in Investment & Planning in Investment Assurance for 3 years; he was lucky enough to have some involvement in most of the large Auckland-based large NZ transport projects. An assurer plays a central role in providing a critical analysis of business cases and economic and financial . He also worked on jointly-funded with local authorities such as Auckland Transport and the Wellington regional councils. Latterly, Andrew formed an investment consultancy Big Blue Advice to serve Waka Kotahi, Auckland Transport and other local authority entities. He carried out a large amount of business case work and Assurance on behalf of the government agencies including large public transport projects – such as Pukekohe Electrification and Wiri to Quay Park Improvements (third main line). Before focusing on transport, Andrew had a successful career in financial services, primarily in funds management, including very significant experience in the infrastructure investing. In London, he established an investment vehicle for taking stakes in government privatisation companies that grew to $500m in size. This comprised of investments in infrastructure assets including airports, telecommunications, oil & gas, airlines, road tolling companies and other infrastructure. Andrew obtained a BSc and Ph.D. from the University of Bristol in the UK.

Peter co-founded VivaCity Labs in 2015 with two friends he met at Cambridge University during his tenure as Chief Engineer on the Cambridge University Solar Racing Team. As a group of eco-conscious cyclists, the friends wanted to build products that would make the experience of cycling in urban areas safer and more efficient. Initially envisaging improving how traffic signal junctions behave for cyclists, they were surprised to find that there was not a reliable cyclist detection sensor on the market that could cope with the free-form nature of urban environments. Consequently, they set about building a world beating cyclist sensor, which quickly morphed into a "detect and classify all road users" sensor as the first product. Fast forward to 2023, and more than 3,500 of those sensors have collected nearly 25 Billion user movements in over 100 of the world’s leading cities, including London, New York, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Melbourne and most recently, Wellington. Peter has a Masters in Engineering, and prior to VivaCity worked at Portsmouth Naval Base and with Frazer-Nash Consulting, heading projects across the oil, civil nuclear, and renewables industries.

Jean Cathcart is the Communications & Engagement Discipline Lead for the Te Tupu Ngātahi (Supporting Growth) Alliance and is a member of the Alliance Management Team. She leads a big team that includes some of the most experienced engagement professionals in the country, who are doing some of the most challenging engagement, in Aotearoa New Zealand. Jean is also the Communications & Engagement Owner Interface Manager for Waka Kotahi on Te Tupu Ngātahi and as such, she liaises between the Alliance and Waka Kotahi to enable fast and best-for-programme decision making, manage reputational risk, get agreement on direction and build consensus.

Emma is a trusted, successful leader of major infrastructure project teams. She has over 20 years’ experience working on large-scale highway and infrastructure projects in New Zealand and internationally. More recently, she has honed her technical and management skills in increasingly senior leadership roles on major New Zealand infrastructure projects, including Mill Road, the Puhoi to Warkworth motorway, Waterview Connection and Te Atatu Interchange projects and the City Rail Link, Peka Peka to Otaki, Huntly and Southern Corridor tenders. Emma’s ability leading teams is grounded in extensive technical knowledge and her ability to effectively facilitate interactions between teams and stakeholders to achieve outstanding project outcomes. She is a valuable member of project leadership teams and strongly believes in creating a constructive, supportive environment in which people can succeed.

Aimee Simons is Auckland Transport’s lead planner on the Te Tupu Ngātahi alliance and leads one of AT’s planning teams. She has 20 years’ experience as a consent planner and specialises in providing consenting advice and managing the resource consents and designation processes to deliver AT projects, services and works. Most recently Aimee was the AT Owner Interface Lead on the Drury Arterials which secured four AT designations for future upgrades, proposed arterials, bus lanes and walking and cycling in Drury. Prior to that Aimee has worked on the consenting for Eastern Busway and other AT Projects. Aimee is a mother of three and a dedicated e-bike rider.

Angela Dalton is serving her second term as Councillor for the Manurewa-Papakura Ward. Prior to that she was Manurewa Local Board Chair for eight years. Angela brings the voice of equity for women and children to local government policy such as access to public transport.