Our People

Lindsay has over 25 years’ experience in all aspects of resource management with a recent focus on strategic and RMA planning for the infrastructure sector. He is an experienced team leader and planning manager involved in multi-disciplinary projects and has a comprehensive knowledge of large consent processes throughout New Zealand. Lindsay has strong and wide ranging general planning experience in a variety of roles including policy preparation. As an independent commissioner Lindsay also has extensive experience on a range of applications, both large and small, where he has sat as either the sole hearings commissioner or as part of a panel.

Chris is a director of Incite based in Auckland and has over 25 years of professional experience in resource management and planning in New Zealand.  His experience covers a wide range of areas in planning practice with a particular emphasis on infrastructure. This includes extensive experience in project strategy advice, site selection studies, designations, resource consents, reviewing and preparing submissions on policy statements and plans, and acting as an expert planning witness.  As part of these work streams, Chris is regularly involved in putting together and managing teams of professionals from different disciplines.

Matthew is the director of Incite’s Christchurch office and has over 20 years of experience in resource management and planning in New Zealand, specialising in policy development. Matthew has particular expertise in policy planning, especially in leading policy development projects for regional councils. His legal training assists with precise and concise plan and report drafting, with robust outcomes.  He has completed many long-term policy development projects in natural resource management, particularly nutrient management, water allocation, and water quality. Recent projects include leading the development of the Southland Water and Land Plan and the Hurunui District Plan, and reporting on Waikato’s Healthy Rivers Plan Change and the Canterbury Land and Water Regional Plan.  Matthew is also an experienced hearings commissioner, with chair endorsement.

Angela is an Associate in Incite’s Christchurch office. Angela has more than 12 years of resource management and planning experience in both the private and public sectors in New Zealand. While specialising in regional policy and water management, Angela has a broad range of experience that also includes project management, community consultation and consenting for a wide range of infrastructure and irrigation projects. Recent projects include plan drafting and section 32 reporting for the Hurunui Waiau River Regional Plan, section 32 reporting for Plan Change 7 to the Canterbury Land and Water Regional Plan, and section 42A reporting for the Waikato Regional Council’s Healthy Rivers plan change.

Liz is an Associate in Incite’s Christchurch office, with over 14 years of resource management and planning experience spanning both the public and private sectors. While specialising in policy development, Liz has a broad range of experience that also includes consenting, policy analysis, and project management. Having worked on local, regional and national planning documents, she has a good understanding of the wider planning environment within which policy development sits. Liz also has experience in managing policy development projects, such as plan reviews, including mentoring others through these projects and providing peer reviews. Recent projects include providing planning support to Regenerate Christchurch, drafting plan provisions and section 32 evaluations for the Selwyn and Timaru District Plan reviews, preparing private plan changes to the Christchurch and Ashburton District Plans, reporting on the proposed Marlborough Environment Plan and reporting on and attending mediation for the Hurunui District Plan review.

Adele is a Senior Resource Management Consultant in Incite’s Christchurch office with 9 years of resource management and planning experience largely in the public sector, but having also worked in the private sector. During this time, Adele has gained a broad range of regional consent processing experience that includes large-scale land development, municipal infrastructure projects and coastal permits. She also has experience in preparing resource consent applications and policy development and plan drafting projects. Recent projects include section 32 reporting for Plan Change 7 to the Canterbury Land and Water Regional Plan and section 42A Reporting for the Marlborough Environment Plan.

Andrew is a Senior Resource Management Consultant in Incite’s Christchurch office with 8 years of planning experience working in both local government and the private sector. He has been involved in both policy development and plan drafting projects, and also has experience in consent processing and preparing resource consent applications. Andrew has a particular interest in coastal planning projects.

Fiona is a Senior Resource Management Consultant in Incite’s Christchurch office. Fiona has over 20 years of resource management and planning experience in both the private and public sectors. Fiona has provided support to a number of different councils throughout the South Island, particularly in processing resource consents and also in resource consent and designation application preparation for large projects such as community centres. Fiona’s specialist area is the petroleum industry which provides its own challenges, including consenting requirements around contaminated land.  She has also worked on a range of consenting projects including radio communications, schools and residential/commercial developments.

Felicity is a Senior Resource Management Consultant with Incite’s Christchurch office with over 9 years of resource management and planning experience in both local and central government. Having worked on regional and district plans, as well as national planning documents and legislation, Felicity has specialised in policy analysis and plan development. Recent projects include effectiveness and efficiency reviews of the Otago and Southland Regional Policy Statements, and provision drafting and section 32 analysis for the new Otago Regional Policy Statement and Omnibus Plan Changes to the Otago Water and Waste Plans.

Hannah is a Senior Resource Management Consultant in Incite’s Wellington Office. Hannah has nine years’ experience, having worked in both central and local government, as well as in the private sector. During this time she has been involved in a range of work including the assessment of planning applications in New Zealand and the United Kingdom, presentation of evidence at council hearings and the review of district and regional plans. Most recently she has been involved in the policy development, drafting and hearings for the Resource Legislation Amendment Bill 2015.

Hannah is a Resource Management Consultant in Incite’s Christchurch office with 7 years of resource management experience in both the private sector and local government. With a focus on regional policy and planning, Hannah’s planning experience includes several limited and publicly notified resource consent hearings, providing planning recommendations for hearing commissioners and involvement in court-assisted mediation. Hannah has also been involved in providing environmental impact and policy assessments for a wide range of discharge permits and land use consents, recent projects include section 32 and section 42A reporting for Plan Change 7 to the Canterbury Land and Water Regional Plan.

Danielle is a Resource Management Consultant in Incite’s Christchurch office. Danielle has more than 4 years of resource management experience in local government and private sectors. Danielle’s experience is predominantly in resource consent processing with a focus on rural activities, alongside a growing interest in freshwater policy work, including plan development and implementation. She has hands on experience in the agricultural industry, and has completed the intermediate and advanced Sustainable Nutrient Management courses at Massey University.

Sunit is a Resource Management Consultant in Incite’s Auckland office. Sunit has graduated from the University of Auckland with a Bachelor of Planning (Honours) degree in 2013. He has worked on a range of projects including telecommunications, industrial activities and schools. He specialises in the preparation of resource consent applications, outline plans of works, site selection and feasibility studies, and environmental effects assessments.

Steph is a Resource Management Consultant in Incite’s Auckland office. Steph graduated from Otago University in 2016 with a Masters of Planning. She has worked on a range of projects which include the national high voltage electricity transmission network, telecommunications, industrial activities, schools and outdoor media. She specialises in the preparation of resource consent applications, outline plans of works, site selection and feasibility studies and submission preparation.