Steve Adam
Technical Director – Data Centre Leader WA&NT at Aurecon
Steve Adam has extensive international experience delivering electrical and communications systems for complex buildings and critical infrastructure. He specialises in tackling challenging problems across data centres, science and technology facilities, aviation, defence, and commercial developments, with a strong focus on resilience, connectivity, operational performance, and collaborative project delivery.
Alan Ashby
Director at AA Energy Consulting
Alan Ashby is a Chartered Engineer and independent energy efficiency consultant with more than 35 years’ experience in the operation and management of complex buildings. As Director of AA Energy Consulting, he specialises in NABERS assessments, facilities management, building performance, and helping owners and operators improve energy efficiency and operational outcomes.
Ed Aye
Technical Director, Buildings at Mott MacDonald
Ed Aye is a mechanical engineer with a wide range of experience delivering sustainable solutions for a variety of projects such as airports, underground rail networks, LEED Platinum commercial and Net-Zero cultural buildings, data centres, historic 5-star luxury hotels and government buildings, and high security prisons: spanning across North America, Europe and New Zealand. His most recent projects include City Rail Link and Auckland Airport Domestic Processor.
Chris Arkins, FCIBSE
Director at Steensen Varming
Chris has with extensive experience delivering environmental and sustainable design solutions for complex cultural buildings. His portfolio includes Sydney Opera House, Sydney Modern, the National Gallery of Australia, and Melbourne Arts Precinct. Chris specialises in balancing conservation, visitor experience, architecture, and environmental performance.
Imtee Baksh
Director of Sales at Optergy
Imtee Baksh, P.Eng, is a professional engineer and business development leader specialising in mechanical systems, building automation and wireless technologies. With 23 years of experience, he connects engineering, IoT and intelligent controls to improve energy efficiency, reliability and occupant comfort, while advancing best practice through ASHRAE, CIBSE and AIRAH.
Chris Bird
Senior Project Manager at RCP
Chris is a civil engineer with a wide range of project experience. He has worked on projects ranging from beach replenishment, through to tunnels, airports and hospitals.
He started his career in the UK working as a contractor and then moved to NZ 25 years ago and at that time switched to client side project manager.
His latest project was the $250m central plant and tunnels scheme at Auckland Hospital.
Hannah Blossom
Director of Sustainability at Cundall
Hannah is a Sustainability Consultant at Cundall, helping project teams deliver high-performing, sustainable buildings. She brings experience in balancing environmental design outcomes, stakeholder expectations, and project delivery requirements, with a focus on practical solutions that support building performance, resilience, and long-term value.
Mark Bridges
Regional Services Manager at Multiplex
Mark Bridges has over 30 years’ experience in building services, project delivery, and commissioning. Holding qualifications in Building Services Engineering and Sustainable Energy Systems, Mark has delivered major healthcare, pharmaceutical, retail, sporting, and commercial projects, with a strong focus on operational performance and project outcomes.
Lucy Cole
Program Director at VIDA Health
Lucy is an experienced infrastructure delivery leader with a strong track record managing complex healthcare and public-private partnership projects. As Project Director for the New Footscray Hospital, Lucy brings practical insights into PPP delivery, ICT commissioning, and the critical role collaboration plays in successfully delivering major health infrastructure outcomes.
Christina Coleiro
Major Capital Project Management Specialist Advisor at Insieme Consulting
Christina Coleiro, an architect by background, is a major projects specialist with more than 35 years’ experience delivering complex, high-value infrastructure across education, healthcare, research, and laboratory environments. Having led the University of South Australia’s largest capital developments, she is passionate about helping teams navigate complexity, apply hard-earned lessons, strengthen collaboration, and deliver successful project outcomes.
Mark Crawford
Commissioning Manager at CxM
Mark has over 30 years’ experience as an independent commissioning agent across New Zealand and the UK. A director of commissioning management company, CxM Ltd, he specialises in high-quality commissioning management of complex buildings. Mark is also a CSA Fellow, and former CIBSE ANZ chair. He is committed to improving industry understanding of commissioning and delivering better-performing building systems.
Sinan Damluji
Building Services Manager at Hawkins
Sinan Damluji is a highly experienced Building Services Engineer and Building Services Manager (MEP) at Hawkins, with more than two decades of expertise delivering complex construction and infrastructure projects across New Zealand and internationally. Having worked on major healthcare, airport, commercial, and education developments, Sinan brings deep technical knowledge and practical insight into managing complex building systems.
Bela Farbas brings 25 years of experience across information
management, big data, implementation and management consulting, and
entrepreneurship across corporate and operational industries. Passionate about
data-driven value, energy efficiency and sustainability, Bela combines commercial
insight with technical expertise. Outside work, he enjoys hiking and swimming.
Kate Fatovich
Project Director at Victorian Health Building Authority
Kate Fatovich is a senior healthcare infrastructure leader with extensive experience delivering major hospital and health projects across Australia. She is currently leading the delivery of the Barwon Women’s and Children’s Project, bringing expertise across the full project lifecycle—from early healthcare planning and design through to delivery, commissioning and operational readiness. Kate’s project experience includes Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth Children’s Hospital and a range of community hospital projects. She specialises in facility planning, staging complex brownfield developments, stakeholder engagement, and translating clinical requirements into high-quality healthcare environments
Renee Fourie
Office Director at NDY Management
Renee has extensive experience delivering building services solutions for complex, high-profile projects across Australia. Known for her collaborative and practical approach, Renee specialises in translating technical complexity into successful project outcomes, balancing performance, stakeholder expectations, and long-term operational requirements.
Greg Foxall
Associate Director, Infrastructure & Property at Scyne Advisory
Jesus Gutierrez
Associate - Electrical at JHA Consulting Engineers
Jesus is an electrical engineering leader with extensive experience delivering healthcare, education, commercial, rail, and defence projects across Australia. As an Associate at JHA Consulting Engineers, he leads multidisciplinary teams through design, construction, and commissioning, with a particular focus on critical systems, operational performance, and complex project delivery.
Nathan James
Construction Operations Manager at Auckland Airport
Nathan is a building services professional with Auckland Airport, bringing expertise in the delivery of complex infrastructure and aviation projects. With a background in electrical engineering and building services coordination, he has led multidisciplinary services packages from design through commissioning, helping deliver large-scale developments with a focus on integration, performance and operational excellence.
Chris Killoran
Sustainability Consultant at WSP
Chris is a sustainability and building performance specialist with more than 20 years’ experience across Australia and internationally. With a background spanning mechanical engineering, sustainability consulting, and independent design review, Chris specialises in helping project teams improve environmental performance, operational outcomes, and the delivery of high-performing, sustainable buildings.
Vicki Li
Principal Electrical Engineer at Stantec
Vicki is a Chartered Professional Engineer and electrical engineering leader with extensive experience delivering complex mission-critical and data centre projects. Based in Auckland, she specialises in critical power systems, resilient electrical infrastructure, power distribution, utility integration, standby generation, and UPS systems, with current work spanning hyperscale and colocation developments.
Stephen Logan
Design Director at Aurecon
Stephen is Building Services Design Director at Aurecon with more than 30 years’ international experience in complex building projects. An award-winning engineer, he has led the design of major airports, stadiums, healthcare facilities, and public buildings, bringing a collaborative approach to solving challenging design and delivery problems.
Alex McDonnell
Head of Quality at Optergy
Alex McDonnell brings 15 years in building automation and control systems, delivering projects and service across data centre and defence facilities at Honeywell and Alerton. Now leading product quality at Optergy, he's focused on continuous improvement, testing and compliance to ensure reliability in mission-critical environments
Trevor McGrath
Commissioning Advisor at Engineering Technologies Group
Trevor is an experienced commissioning manager, engineer, and independent commissioning agent. With more than 20 years’ experience across project management, building services, commissioning, and healthcare facilities, Trevor specialises in delivering operationally ready buildings through structured commissioning, integrated testing, and stakeholder collaboration.
Corin Roland
Senior Associate Building Services Engineer at Pacific Commissioning and Coordination
Corin is a Senior Associate Services Engineer at Pacific Commissioning & Coordination Limited in Auckland, with more than a decade of experience across building services, electrical engineering, and construction. Passionate about delivering quality outcomes and getting things right, Corin brings an independent, practical perspective on project delivery, collaboration, and industry challenges. Most recently Corin has been heavily involved with electrical infrastructure replacements and upgrades for health New Zealand.
Rohit Sharma
Head of Asset Management at Downer Social Infrastructure & Citizen Services (SI&CS)
Rohit is a senior asset management leader specialising in building services performance across complex healthcare and PPP environments. He focuses on bridging the gap between design intent and operational outcomes, driving improvements in system reliability, lifecycle planning, and data-driven decision-making to deliver better-performing, fit-for-purpose assets.
Tony Shi
Senior Mechanical Engineer at Stantec
Tony Shi is a Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) focused on mission critical data centre design. He brings specialist expertise in mechanical systems, cooling infrastructure, commissioning, and technical due diligence, with current work spanning advanced liquid-to-liquid cooling solutions for AI-enabled data centres.
Cameron Taylor
Sustainability Program Manager at Swinburne University of Technology
Cameron is a sustainability professional with extensive experience across national commercial and retail, and higher education, property portfolios. As the Sustainability Program Manager at Swinburne University of Technology, Cameron has led the Carbon Neutral certification, the optimisation of campus buildings, and integration of sustainability into major projects.
David Tiller
Director at DKT Consulting
David Tiller is a building services and major projects specialist with more than 30 years’ experience spanning construction, commissioning, project delivery, and building services management. Having worked across contractor, consultant, and client environments, David brings a practical perspective on project outcomes, operational performance, and lessons learned from complex developments.
Regan Winnell
Senior Consultant (ICA) at A.G. Coombs Advisory
Regan is an experienced commissioning manager with more than 25 years in the construction and building services industry. Beginning his career as a plumber, Regan has worked across healthcare, commercial, retail, and residential projects, specialising in commissioning, building tuning, operational readiness, and the delivery of high-performing building systems.
Peter Whalley
Senior Services Manager at Built
Peter is an experienced building services professional with extensive involvement in the delivery of complex building projects across Western Australia. With expertise spanning design, project delivery, and stakeholder collaboration, Peter brings practical insights into navigating the technical and operational challenges that arise on major developments.