WE THINK POSSIBLE
OUR PEOPLE
Rationale's people are our biggest asset and the foundation of our success. Rationale has a highly skilled team with a wide range of experience and expertise.
We are the sum of our parts and consistently look to attract the best people in New Zealand to ensure we can offer our clients a service that is second to none.
Our team all work together, both inside and outside the office, ensuring that our skills are brought to bear where they are needed most. Everyone is always looking to learn and improve, and this thirst for knowledge is a key driver to our success
We look at our team as a whanau - we are a family and all support each other, whether professionally or personally. Most importantly - we like to have fun and we bring this ethos to our relationships with our clients.
Meet our team below.
MEET OUR TEAM
EDWARD GUY
Managing Director
BEng (Civil), BCom
Founder and Managing Director of Rationale, Ed has 25+ years of professional experience in the public and private infrastructure sector.
JIMMY SYGROVE
Senior Advisor
BA (Communications and Political Science)
A highly skilled programme leader and engagement specialist. Jimmy ensures evidence gathering, analysis, engagement and reporting integrate to develop high quality end products.
CHRIS BOWIE
Senior Advisor
Master of Science (Geography)
Chris is passionate for exploring the levers we have for unlocking the potential of our towns and cities to meet the needs and aspirations of our communities.
LAURA HARDING
Senior Manager
BRP (Hons)
Laura is an experienced strategic and operational policy advisor and business case practitioner with a knack for synthesizing and communicating complex information.
CRAIG MCLEAN
Chief Financial Officer
BCom (Accounting), CA
Craig joined Rationale in July 2016, bringing with him a wealth of experience, across a wide range of industries.
GENE OLLERENSHAW
Senior Advisor
NZCE (Civil)
Gene is a 'strategic' infrastructure manager whose passion is to improve asset management, infrastructure planning and service delivery performance.
LUCY RIDDLE
Senior Advisor
BCom (Econ, Mgmt), MPP(Hons)
Lucy has a strong track record in infrastructure decision making and has spent the past six years developing, delivering and supporting projects and programmes in the infrastructure space.
HELEN SUMMERS
Business Manager
BA (English & History)
Helen’s passion and energy continues to be drawn towards people. Her understanding and interests lie in business improvement and business operating functions.
BENJAMIN GONZALEZ
Senior Analyst
BEng (Hons), BSc
Ben’s strengths reside in applying strong analytical skills to tackle problems using an evidence-based approach.
Annabelle Cullinane
Senior Advisor
BA (Philosophy, Politics, Economics), MSusBus
Annabelle excels in distilling complex issues and providing strategic insights to inform decision making, which yields wide-ranging benefits for communities across Aotearoa New Zealand.
Conor McLean
Senior Advisor
BSpEx (Management and Coaching)
An engaged and enquiring mind, Conor has experience spanning from science-based intellectual property to regional economic development across New Zealand
ANDY LONGMAN
Senior Analyst
BSc Engineering Science
An experienced analyst, Andy turns numbers and data into evidence to support the decision making process. He also climbs mountains.
CAROLE SHUTTLEWORTH
Accounts Assistant
Carole is a number crunching wizard who has worked in a number of roles in the accounting and finance sector.
Kirsten Housiaux
Senior Administrator
Kirsten is Rationale’s Wellington Office organiser extraordinaire. Her ability to ensure that everything in the office runs smoothly is testament to her 30+ years working for a variety of both government and private sector organisations.