Janine Sziklasi is a transportation engineer at Tonkin + Taylor with a passion for delivering safe, efficient sustainable transport solutions. With experience across a range of multimodal transport projects, Janine brings technical expertise and strategic insight to complex urban mobility challenges. Her key area of interest is in planning and designing for active modes and public transport. Her strengths include stakeholder engagement, data analysis, and delivering practical, people-focused transport solutions. Janine played lead roles in the BPAP, including its initial development in 2019 and as the technical lead for the 2024 Refresh.

Molly Hoggard is a transport planner at Tonkin + Taylor, specialising in equity, accessibility, and sustainable transport. She works closely with public sector organisations on public and active transport schemes. Her expertise includes stakeholder engagement and bringing together transport operators and councils to work toward shared goals. Molly was a member of the BPAP Refresh, where she fostered strong collaborative relationships with the Wellington Transport Analytics Unit and Metlink teams. Molly is also a co-creator of the Gender Equality Toolkit in Transport and winner of the UK Chartered Institute of Highways and Transportation Young Professional of the Year Award 2023 for her commitments to gender-inclusive planning.

Jeanette is a Technical Director at Abley. She works across the Abley transport planning, engineering and safety teams providing technical leadership. She is a Chartered Professional Engineer with over 30 years of diverse civil engineering experience. Jeanette has expertise across all modes, understands the people-based approach to planning and design and brings this all together in her projects. Jeanette regularly designs, peer reviews and safety audits street design projects and enjoys working in multidisciplinary teams to deliver projects. Jeanette understands the often-conflicting objectives when designing a street and has the ability to work through these with stakeholders. She also develops industry guidance and training. Gabi is an Urban Designer with (to be added) Shane is a transport engineer (to be added)

Gabi Wolfer, trained in Germany with an engineering degree in urban and spatial planning, moved to Canterbury in 2003. She began her career designing and master planning residential subdivisions and commercial business parks nationwide. In 2008, Gabi joined Selwyn District Council, transitioning from regulatory to strategic roles. She now leads initiatives addressing rapid growth in New Zealand’s fastest-growing district. Gabi thrives in multi-disciplinary teams, delivering practical, strategic frameworks, such as the Lincoln Town Centre Plan. Her experience across private and public sectors enables her to translate complex issues for communities while balancing commercial considerations.

Oliver McLean is a Product Specialist at Vanguard Group. Vanguard partners with councils, engineers, and contractors across New Zealand to develop and provide innovative road safety solutions. These solutions are designed to enable smarter ways to deliver safety and efficiency on roading & infrastructure projects. He’s passionate about helping organsations use the right tools for each site - not just selling product, but understanding design intent, risk, and long-term goals, so that the right solution can be specified. At Vanguard, Oliver is part of a broader effort to challenge traditional approaches to road safety and support infrastructure teams in delivering safe, efficient projects that reflect both community needs and practical constraints.