Gareth Phelps

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About Gareth Phelps

People and outcomes focused senior leader with 20 years’ experience and strong interpersonal skills. I'm passionate about developing people and teams to deliver organisational and project outcomes. I apply excellent leadership, commercial, operational, decision-making and project delivery capability to roles and am skilled at identifying opportunities for efficiencies, improvement and innovation. I am naturally consultative with a high level of empathy and EQ, taking a collaborative approach by building quality, trusted relationships. I am perceptive and apply considered, sound judgement to balance both the micro and macro view with a pragmatic approach and the visionary end goal in mind, ensuring decision-making balances short term realities with long-term benefits. I have experience in dedicated project director, stakeholder management and team leadership roles, working in long term secondment positions or leading project teams in central government, local government and private sector contexts including roles with; Auckland Council, Auckland Transport, Watercare, various Regional Councils, Fletcher Construction, national and international private entities, Kāinga Ora, Ministry of Education, Ministry for the Environment, Ministry of Transport and the Centre for Infrastructure Research at the University of Auckland.