About Smart Environmental
Smart Environmental is 100% New Zealand owned and operated.
Smart Environmental business consists of Local Body and Commercial. We have over 200 staff.
LEGAL NAME
Smart Environmental is a Limited Liability Company owned by the interests of Grahame Christian.
Board of Directors
Smart Environmental has three very skilled and independent professional Directors.
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JOHN RAE
CHAIRMAN
John is a member of the Institute of Directors and a director of a number of private companies in UK, Australia and NZ. In addition to chairing NZCID John is a member of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board which provides independent advice to the Minister for Infrastructure.
Current Board Governance roles include:
- NZ Government's National Infrastructure Advisory Board - founding Member
- NZ Council for Infrastructure Development – Chairman
- Eastland Group Limited – Director
- FJ Hawkes & Co Limited – Managing Dircetor
- Graffiti Security Systems Limited – Chairman
- KingYo Foods Limited
Former Board Governance roles include:
- Stevenson Group Limited - Chairman and Managing Director
- Arbuthnot Latham Bank PLC (London) – Director
GRAHAME CHRISTIAN
DIRECTOR
Grahame is the single shareholder and a director of Smart Environmental. He has 22 years industry experience.
Former Board Governance roles include:
- Director and shareholder
- Managing Director - Smart Property Limited
- Chairman - Pare Hauraki Asset Holdings Limited
- Chair Preserve New Chum Inc
HAMISH STEVENS
DIRECTOR
Hamish is an experienced professional director and senior finance executive, currently holding board positions with:
- Smart Environmental Ltd - Director
- Counties Power Ltd - Director
- AsureQuality Ltd - Director
- East Health Services Ltd - Director
Hamish has also served on boards in the food, beverage and hospitality sectors as well as holding CFO positions in DB Breweries, Tip Top Ice Cream, and Heinz-Wattie.
Hamish is a Chartered Accountant, a member of the Institute of Directors, a member of the NZ Association of Economists, and holds an MBA from Auckland University.
KIM WILLOUGHBY
DIRECTOR
Has held roles across the primary and public sectors as a Director or Chairman since 2005, including roles with-in the waste sector.
Former Board Governance roles include:
- Ravensdown Supreme Ltd - Director
- Perry Group Ltd - Director
- Waikato Quarries Ltd - Director
- Orini Downs Station Ltd - Director
Current roles include:
- Chair of the Deosan Group of Companies
- Advisor to the Board of a NZ leading composting business
- CEO of a primary production/ bio-gas start-up
- Consultancy and advisory roles with SME's
Management Team
Mark Lawson (Chief Operating Officer) MBA, B.E
Mark comes to us from Sulo Talbot and prior to this he has worked with Fletcher Building, Auckland Regional Transport, Carter Holt Harvey and Fisher and Paykel. He brings an excellent range of skills and experience in managing and developing best practice national operations.
Nigel Oliver (Northern Regional Manager) ADIP.IE
Nigel is a seasoned Manager with a number of years work in both supply chain and operational fields for Plan-B, Gordon & Gotch, NZ Post/ Express Couriers Ltd, Boise Office Solutions and Kmart NZ. He has a strong team leadership and continuous improvement focus which he will implement in this role.
Blair Griffiths (Central Regional Manager) MBA, PGDM, BPRM
Blair worked for SEL in the Thames and Tauranga branches (Streetsmart) from 2000 – 2004 and returned to the company in 2011. Blair has extensive experience in Parks and Reserves, Solid Waste, Sanitation and Cleansing, gained from 20 yrs industry experience in New Zealand, United Kingdom and America. This has included overseeing many prestigious contracts ranging from 3 central London Royal Parks, to all aspects of grounds and environmental work for 4 very busy London airports and extensive local authority contracts. He has strong knowledge and abilities from both within local authorities and the private sector, working with a strong partnering ethos to the benefit of all parties.
Tim Hodgson (Tasman Manager) Dip. Police Studies
Tim has over 15 years experience working in operational and intelligence analysis roles within NZ Police and Ministry of Fisheries. He is also a trade qualified engineer and builder. He has strong organisational and leadership qualities with a focus on quality customer service and contract management.
Ricci Peyroux (Queenstown Manager) Dip. Man
Ricci has a background of 20 years experience in manufacturing and operations management. In the past 5 years he has been involved with the waste and recycling industry ranging from contract management of kerbside collections to managing a state of the art materials recovery facility.
He has been involved in product development and continuous improvement programmes and is proficient with health and safety, quality and contract performance management. Ricci has a strong commercial focus and is involved in the sales and marketing of commercial services, event management and trading of commodities offshore.
Brent Murgatroyd (Financial Controller) BCOM, CA
Financial Controller since 2008, Brent holds a successful combination of fiscal and operational knowledge, spanning 30 years.
Alicia Glasson (Executive Assistant)
Alicia currently works as the Executive Assistant at Smart Environmental. Her primary responsibility is to help the company achieve its strategic goals through working independently to plan, coordinate and organise projects in association with the Senior Management Team.
George Lowe (Information Systems Manager) BCOM, CA
George has been with the company since 2002. He has extensive experience in delivering innovative financial and information technology solutions to councils and in companies supplying maintenance and contracting services to council and commercial clients.
