Local Water Done Well Preconference Symposium Speakers

Sarah Baddeley

Sarah Baddeley is a Partner at New Zealand advisory firm, MartinJenkins.

Originally trained as a commercial regulatory economist at the New Zealand Treasury, Sarah has accumulated a wealth of experience across both the public and private sectors. Sarah has been advising clients on improving the effectiveness and efficiency of delivery of water services for more than 5 years.  MartinJenkins is a leading adviser in New Zealand’s water sector, bringing deep experience in working with central and local government, iwi, and industry groups. Sarah’s work in the water sector spans a wide range of high-impact, strategic projects across the country including related to establishment, transition, and workforce planning.

She has held a number of senior roles in the public and private sector both here and in Australia. She also spent a period as Economic Advisor to the Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister. Sarah is also a member of NZ Institute of Directors, Association of Workplace Investigators, and on the Board of Global Women

Emma Brand

The Veolia NZ business has been delivering water services in New Zealand for 26 years and has 300 employees that Emma oversees as Country Director. Emma has long-standing experience within energy,oil and gas, hydrogen and the water sector with firms such as BP and Origin Energy, and a career focus on infrastructure development and project delivery. Emma draws on her global industry experience working in the USA, Canada and Australia.

Emma has a Master’s degree in Geophysics and a Bachelor of Science (Honours), as well as completing an Executive MBA from the Queensland University of Technology in 2020.

An advocate for diversity and gender equity, Emma is on the Executive Leadership Team of Veolia ANZ operations and is the first female New Zealand Country Director for the global organisation, one of four female Country Directors across Veolia

worldwide. Emma is also the Executive Sponsor for the Accessibility Employee Resource Group for the 6,500 strong Australia-New Zealand workforce.

Emma is focussed on ensuring that the workforce of Veolia represents the communities in which they operate, and is committed to ensuring a diverse and representative pipeline of individuals is trained and developed to deliver the right outcomes for the community and the environment.

Mair Brooks

Mair is a highly experienced Transformation Partner with 20 years of global experience working with local and central government across. New Zealand, Australia and the UK.
She has an outstanding track record in designing and delivering large transformational change programs within complex environments. She is the KPMG Local Government Leader and is working with many entities across New Zealand who are grappling with the potential impact of Local Water Done Well.

Andy Burgess

Andy Burgess, General Manager, Infrastructure Regulation at the Commerce Commission.  Andy joined the Commission in December 2019 after working for regulators in the United Kingdom. At the energy regulator, Ofgem, he had senior roles managing the energy transition, network regulation, and enforcement and competition policy, and was on the Bureau of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Network of Economic Regulators. Andy was also on the Board of the Agency for the Cooperation of European Energy Regulators and the General Assembly of the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER).  He previously had several roles at the Office of Rail Regulation. Andy us responsible for regulating electricity lines, gas pipelines, fibre broadband, the three main New Zealand airports, and in future water infrastructure 

Tim Cadogan

Tim Cadogan is Engagement Specialist at the Water Services Authority – Taumata Arowai, based in Wellington.

Prior to this role, Tim served eight years as Mayor of the Central Otago District, and before that had careers as a Barrister and in broadcasting and copywriting .

Mike Chatterley

Mike Chatterley is an Associate at MartinJenkins. He brings a close understanding of government, both central and local. He has worked in roles at the Treasury and the Department of Internal Affairs contributing to major infrastructure reforms, including infrastructure funding and financing, three waters, and economic policy. Mike has been involved in supporting Councils in assessing their financial sustainability and viability under Local Water Done Well as well as preparation of water service delivery plans.

Rebecca Chenery

Rebecca Chenery is an executive leader with extensive experience in leading change across water, utilities, and government. As Director of Bluebeacon, she supports her clients – councils, utilities, NGOs, and water organisations – deliver complex business and technology programmes that make lasting impact. Rebecca’s career includes senior leadership roles at Watercare, where she served as Chief Digital Officer, and at the Department of Internal Affairs, where she directed technology and customer programmes for the national water reform and supported the establishment of new water entities. Alongside her executive career, Rebecca is the former Chair of Lutra, a council-controlled organisation.  With more than 20 years in executive and governance roles, Rebecca brings both practical and strategic insight into the opportunities technology and innovation can unlock.

Fiona Doddrell

Head of Financial Institutions, Public Sector and Healthcare | Westpac New Zealand

Fiona heads the Public Sector, Financial Institutions and Healthcare team at Westpac New Zealand, leading strategic engagement including with central and local government. She has 25 years of experience in financial markets in both New Zealand and the UK, with roles spanning different employers, financial products, and clients. Fiona possesses a comprehensive knowledge of the financial markets and has a strong track record in building enduring partnerships that helps to drive initiatives that connects the public sector with banking solutions to support critical infrastructure and economic growth. Prior to her Relationship Management role, she spent 9 years in the Debt Capital Markets & Syndicate team at Westpac. Her career began at National Bank before spending eight years in London working specifically in the Euro MTN market at J.P. Morgan and Commerzbank. Before joining Westpac, Fiona was treasurer at the iconic New Zealand company Icebreaker.

Louise Dudley

Louise Dudley is a distinguished leader in Australia’s water sector, with over four decades of experience spanning professional services and utility operations. Currently serving as Strategic Advisor – Water at Aurecon, Louise leverages her extensive expertise to guide clients in developing sustainable and resilient water infrastructure solutions.

Prior to joining Aurecon, Louise was the Chief Executive Officer of Urban Utilities from 2012 to 2022, where she spearheaded transformative initiatives that enhanced sustainability, innovation, and customer engagement. Before her tenure as CEO, she was the founding Chief Financial Officer of Urban Utilities, following a successful career in senior management roles at Brisbane City Council and a 17-year tenure in the professional services sector.

Louise served on the Australian Water Association’s Board from 2018 to 2024, including a term as AWA President from May 2021 to 2023 and also served on the Water Services Assocation of Australia from 2013 to 2021, including a term as Chair 2014 to 2016. She is also a director on the boards of WaterAid Australia and WaterStart.

Tim Davie

Dr Tim Davie is currently acting Director of Operations at Environment Canterbury (Canterbury Regional Council). His substantive position is as the Director of Science, a position he has held since 2020. As a member of the Executive Leadership Team he leads the integration of science work across the organisation and represents Environment Canterbury at national and regional fora. Over the past 20+ years Dr Davie has been heavily involved in linking science to policy in the areas of water and nutrient management and climate change. As well as within Canterbury he has been part of national initiatives such as chair of the Regional Council Environmental Monitoring and Reporting group; Land & Water Forum, Overseer Expert Advisory Group and others.

Tim has worked at the Regional Council since 2008, prior to that he was a Scientist and Science Manager at a CRI (Manaaki Whenua) and an academic in the UK.

Chris French

Chris has over 25 years’ experience in engineering, procurement and directorship of 3 waters infrastructure projects in New Zealand, the UK, North America and the Pacific regions. After nearly 20 years in roles with large consultancies, Chris established his own consulting business in 2021 to provide advice to local government clients as they navigate through the procurement of goods and services for 3 waters projects. He is regularly involved in developing procurement strategies and frameworks, preparing procurement documentation and managing procurement processes for local government. He has been recently advising on procurement arrangements during the transition of three waters operations from Councils to new CCOs, with a focus on the pragmatic implications for supply chains and potential interruption of core services.   

Martin Hennessey

Martin is a highly experienced Utility Director with operational, capital programme delivery and contract management experience. He has worked in the UK regulated water sector for 35 years across a range of operational and more latterly construction leadership roles.  In his last role Martin was Welsh Water’s Director of Capital Delivery setting business strategy and leading the delivery of construction programmes across multiple regulatory periods.  He has a significant contract and commercial experience and played a leading role building effective delivery collaborations within the UK water sector.   

Lori Hand

Lori is responsible for leading DIA’s water service programmes, including Local Water Done Well and the Rural and Marae Drinking Water schemes. She brings her extensive public utilities and government experience from North America, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.

An admitted “statistics geek”, Lori brings deep experience in delivering data-led projects and complex system wide programmes across the Public Service.  Lori has more than 25 years of experience working with US, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand Governments, as well as the UN overseeing projects across the Middle East, and the World Bank on projects throughout the Pacific.  Lori is experienced in constructing public-private partnerships to deliver outcomes and increase the speed of change across the public sector whilst managing risk and budgetary commitments. 

She holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance and a Master of Business Administration.  Lori taught for four years as an Adjunct Professor at The George Washington University in Washington, DC.  She lives in Wellington, New Zealand with her husband and three happy, active children.

Lorraine Kendrick

Lorraine is a Strategic and Transformation Advisor, Business Director with over 23 years of experience. Chartered and International Professional Engineer, specialising in providing strategic advice for the public and private sector, responding to legislative and regulatory requirements, planning and delivering infrastructure programmes to meet the needs of the community. Lorraine is experienced in programme, project and contract management including EtC roles in NZ, UK and Ireland, leading the delivery of efficient and effective infrastructure services managing the provision of 3 water services, transportation, community services and land development. Lorraine is the President and Chair on the Water NZ Board and committee member on the Water Services Managers Group.

Sam Ketley

Sam is a seasoned insurance professional with over 23 years of experience spanning roles as a risk engineer, underwriter, broker, and consultant. He currently serves as the Head of Innovation for Aon Commercial Risk Solutions in the APAC region. For the past 13 years, Sam has worked closely with the public sector in New Zealand, where he played a key role in developing and implementing the linear infrastructure insurance solution used by the majority of Local Authorities across NZ.

Deborah Lind

Deborah brings 30 years of experience in drinking water planning, compliance, event response, auditing, and operations across New Zealand, Australia, and the UK. Her ‘lived-in experience’ brings practical, pragmatic insights and proven implementation of improved outcomes.

As a Water Quality Scientist and Manager at Watercare, she successfully ensured compliance with the Drinking Water Standards for New Zealand (DWSNZ) and improved the annual grading process with the District Health Board. This initiative notably reduced auditing time from two weeks to just two days. Deborah as Water Treatment Operations Manager played a critical role in managing water quality events, including E.coli and chlorine residual incidents, overseeing testing and data analysis.

She led advancements in Watercare’s water quality database, enhancing data interrogation and trend tracking. Her responsibilities included managing the Auckland region’s water quality sampling programme, as well as overseeing Hydrometric & Data Management Systems (HQMS) to maintain data quality and adhere to ISO standards.

Deborah is experienced in developing Water Safety Plans and Source Water Risk Management Plans, working with various councils and stakeholders including iwi. She has held numerous advisory roles aimed at promoting public health and environmental safety, such as the Otago/Southland Drinking Water Advisory Group (in response to Havelock North) and the Ministry of the Environment’s Technical Advisory Group on National Environmental Standard for Sources of Human Drinking Water (NES-DW),

A sought-after speaker at conferences like Ozwater and Water New Zealand, she has shared her insights on water quality management. Deborah holds a Doctorate in Chemistry, is a Chartered Chemist (CCHEM), Chartered Scientist (CSCI), and is a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC) and the Institute of Directors (MInstD).

Padraig McNamara

Padraig (Paddy) is one of New Zealand’s leading local government and resource management lawyers, and a trusted advisor to some of New Zealand’s largest councils and council-controlled organisations (CCOs).

As an advisor, Paddy’s main areas of expertise include resource management (with a particular focus on water supply, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure).

Paddy is a Water New Zealand Board member. He is also a member of the Resource Management Law Association and has been a regular presenter for the Resource Management Law Association, NZ Planning Institute, Water New Zealand, Taituarā (Society of Local Government Managers) and NZ Law Society events.

Andrew Michl 

Andrew Michl is the Senior Manager Credit & Client Relations at the New Zealand Local Government Funding Agency (LGFA).  He has over 30 years’ experience in the financial services sector in New Zealand and Australia.

In his role at LGFA, Andrew is responsible for the oversight of council’s financial performance in respect of LGFA’s lending to the local authority sector.  LGFA has over $23 billion of lending to its 77 council members and eight council-controlled organisation (CCTO) members.  LGFA has also announced that it will be able to provide financing to any Water CCOs that councils establish to provide water services to their communities.

Andrew has been with LGFA since 2012.  Prior to joining LGFA, he worked for ANZ Investments where he was responsible for managing fixed interest portfolios.

Todd Moyle

In April 2023, assumed the role of Kaihautū (Chief Executive) at Ngāi Tahu Holdings. His time began with Ngāi Tahu Holdings in January 2022 when he took on the role of Manahautū Te Whano (Chief Operating Officer).

Prior to his tenure at Ngāi Tahu, Todd spent 16 years at KiwiRail, where he held the positions as Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer. Highlights from this period include spearheading the development of the 10-year customer growth strategy and playing a pivotal role in leading KiwiRail’s response to the Kaikōura earthquake. Todd’s transition to the role of Chief Executive is anchored in extensive strategic leadership and operational experience

Kalina Shipkov

Kalina is the Deputy Commissioner at Utilities Disputes Limited. Her background is in investigations and resolving customer complaints in both Aotearoa and the UK, having previously worked for the Office of the Ombudsman, General Social Care Council and New Zealand Law Society.

Allan Prangnell

Allan was appointed Chief Executive of the Water Services Authority – Taumata Arowai (the Authority) in January 2023, reflecting his wealth of strategic leadership experience across both central and local government.

Since taking on this role, Allan has overseen the Authority’s change of gears from its establishment phase to being an operational regulator, with the toolkit and approaches to work with supplies large and small to improve drinking water safety. Allan has also made changes to the Authority’s set up to reflect Government policy settings and support the successful implementation of Local Water Done Well.  

He was formerly Deputy Chief Executive at the Ministry of Transport where he provided the Ministry’s advisory functions on the  performance of the transport system. This included maintaining a stable of Crown Entity on behalf of Minister of Transport including NZTA Regulators (AA, Maritime NZ & ITIAC).

Prior to the Ministry of Transport, Allan was Executive Director Three Waters at the Department of Internal Affairs where he led the departments reform work, including the establishment of the Water Services Authority as a crown entity and the legislation underpinning the new regulatory regime.

Earlier in his career, Allan worked for a decade in Local Government, including roles at Wellington City Council as Manager, Council Controlled Organisations and Executive Strategist to the Mayor, councillors and leadership team. Allan has significant experience in regulation, organisational design, transformation, governance and leadership, and managing stakeholder relationships within complex systems.

He has an LLB/BA from Victoria University.

Murray Strong

Murray has served on 23 Boards of Directors, 18 as Chairman. Those Boards have been for companies, Crown entities, incorporated societies, large infrastructure projects, digital transformation programmes and statutory interventions.

He has served as a chair of boards of directors continuously since 2001 and has served on the full suite of Board Sub-Committees – Finance, Audit & Risk, Capital Investment, Digital Transformation, Appointments and Remuneration, & Infrastructure.

In addition, he has consulted for a wide range of public institutions and private companies to assist them in improving governance practice, effect rapid change, manage poor Board performance and with start-ups and scale-ups as organisations evolve. Currently he is the Chairman of the Selwyn Water CCO after overseeing its establishment beginning 06 January with the CCO stood up 01 July 2025.  He also currently Chairs the New Dunedin Hospital Digital Transformation Programme and the Centre of Digital Excellence, NZ Ltd

Mike Wakefield

Mike is a partner in Simpson Grierson’s planning and environment group, based in Wellington. He specialises in local government and environmental law, with a particular focus on the policy and regulatory functions of local government, decision-making processes and requirements, and governance obligations. Mike has had a close involvement in all recent reforms impacting on the local government sector, in particular the current Local Water Done Well reforms. He is currently assisting many territorial authorities with the implementation of the new legislation, and establishment of new water organisations.

Ross Waugh

Ross is the founder of Waugh Infrastructure Management and is an asset management and systems integration specialist with 40 years’ experience in municipal infrastructure asset management and engineering.
Ross has been consulting in infrastructure management for 27 years in the areas of transportation, utilities, community facilities, buildings and property.
Ross has contributed to a number of New Zealand national data capture,
research, advisory, government enquiry, and infrastructure standard setting projects, is a section author of the International Infrastructure Management Manual 2015, and contributed to the leadership section of the Apopo Guide.
Ross has experience of nine cycles of integrating infrastructure asset management planning with long term financial planning within the New Zealand context. He has also completed infrastructure asset management assignments in Saudi Arabia, Philippines, Australia and the Pacific. The recently completed World Bank project assisted the Government of the Philippines develop and pilot a national Asset Management Policy, national SAMP and Asset Management Plan templates for departmental
use.

Scott Whyman

Director, Transactional Solutions, Westpac New Zealand

Scott works closely with complex clients in the government and institutional sectors, helping them streamline transactional banking and enhance financial efficiency. Scott brings over 30 years of expertise in transactional banking, with a proven track record in delivering innovative solutions across cash management, receivables, payables, and working capital optimisation. His deep industry knowledge and strategic approach make him a trusted advisor in navigating the fast-evolving payments landscape.

Meg Wiltshire

Meg Wiltshire has extensive leadership, stakeholder and communications experience in a range of large, high-profile organisations having held executive roles at Te Whatu Ora and St John and senior roles in New Zealand and the UK.  

In her role as Chief Corporate Affairs Officer with Watercare she leads the communication, stakeholder, customer insights, legal and governance and risk and assurance teams. Meg has a key focus on managing relationships while both protecting and enhancing Watercare’s reputation as it delivers critical services for customers in a newly regulated water environment. Watercare, Auckland’s water and wastewater service provider, serves approximately 1.7 million people and has launched a $13.8 billion investment programme over the next 10 years.