Tina Middlemiss, BArch, Council officer project lead for roading asset management and the Strategic Roading Network Resilience Program Business Case.

James Llewellyn, BA(Hons), MSc, MCILT, consultant writer and project lead of Gisborne District Council's 2024 RLTP and Strategic Roading Network Resilience Program Business Case.

Bill Frith has managed many large-scale research projects and reviews relating to road safety, road transport and policy development. He has written and spoken extensively as an advocate and technical expert on road safety and other areas of land transport.

Dr Fergus Tate is a Chartered Professional Engineer with over 40 years’ experience ranging from highway construction and maintenance management, professional services consultancy, academic and applied research projects, to policy development and performance monitoring. A skilled safety professional Fergus has an extensive understanding of safety issues, crash and conflict data and safety auditing including the safe system assessment framework and its variants.

Hamish is Co-Director of Mackie Research and has 24 years of research and consultancy experience in various areas of human factors and ergonomics, with the last 18 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.

Peter is a chartered professional transportation engineer and a technical principal in Transportation for WSP. He has worked a variety of transport fields and is currently leading the transport infrastructure design for the new interislander ferries in Picton. Peter brings a broad transport perspective, considering impacts of transport on the community, provision for alternative transport modes and a future focussed approach to new technology. He is an engaging speaker and is passionate about an accessible transport system that connects with the urban context and creates a safe self-explaining transport network. Peter enjoys working with local Iwi and like to weave local stories and legends into infrastructure projects to inform us of our rich history.