Supporters

The Construction Sector Accord and Transformation Plan is supported by a range of people, agencies, organisations and businesses from across government and industry.

Accord Ministers

The Accord programme is supported by seven government Ministers:

Minister for Building and Construction
Minister for Economic and Regional Development
Minister of Housing
Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety
Minister for Infrastructure
Minister of Education
Minister of Health

Accord Steering Group

The Accord Steering Group (ASG) oversees the Accord and is responsible for the delivery of the Transformation Plan and for leading culture change in the sector. The group is made up of leaders from across industry and government. The government perspective on this group is supported by a sub-group of Accord Agency Chief Executives.

Peter Reidy(external link) (Co-chair)
Chief Executive
Fletcher Construction

Chris Bunny(external link) (Co-chair)
Deputy Chief Executive, Building, Resources and Markets.
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment - Hīkina Whakatutuki

Graham Burke(external link)
Chair
Construction Industry Council and Vice President of Specialist Trade Contractors Federation

Judi Keith-Brown(external link)
President
New Zealand Institute of Architects – Te Kāhui Whaihanga

Ross Copland(external link)
Chief Executive
Infrastructure Commission – Te Waihanga

Dean Kimpton(external link)
Transformation Director
Construction Sector Accord

Andrew Crisp(external link)
Chief Executive
Ministry of Housing and Urban Development

Roger McRae(external link)
Chair
Construction Health and Safety New Zealand

Steve Evans(external link)
Chief Executive
Fletcher Building - Residential and Development

Bill Newson
National Secretary
E tū

Leonie Freeman(external link)
Chief Executive
Property Council New Zealand

Nicole Rosie(external link)
Chief Executive
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency

Rick Herd(external link)
Chief Executive Officer
Naylor Love

Janine Stewart(external link)
Partner - Construction
Minter Ellison Rudd Watts

Doug Johnson(external link)
Managing Director
Tonkin + Taylor

Steve Webster(external link)
Chief Infrastructure Officer
Watercare

Susan Freeman-Greene(external link)
Chief Executive
Local Government New Zealand - Te Kāhui Kaunihera ō Aotearoa

Mike Craig(external link)
Chairperson
New Zealand Certified Builders - NZCB
Small business owner/director

Accord Transformation Delivery Group

The Transformation Delivery Group (TDG) is responsible for leading the design and delivery of the initiatives in the Construction Sector Transformation Plan. The Group brings together leaders with specific sector expertise in each workstream.

Dean Kimpton(external link)
Transformation Director

Transformation Delivery Group Chair

Peter Reidy(external link)
Chief Executive - Fletcher Construction

Leadership workstream co-lead

Chris Bunny(external link)
Deputy Chief Executive - MBIE

Leadership workstream co-lead

Bill Newson
National Secretary - E tū

People Development workstream co-lead

Graham Burke(external link)
President - Specialist Trade Contractors Federation

People Development workstream co-lead

Roger McRae(external link)
Chair - Construction Health and Safety New Zealand

Health, Safety and Wellbeing workstream co-lead

Jurgen Link

Juergen Link(external link)
General Manager Assets and Technology – Fonterra

Health, Safety and Wellbeing workstream co-lead

David Kelly(external link)
Chief Executive - Master Builders

Business Performance workstream co-lead

Rick Herd(external link)
Chief Executive Officer - Naylor Love and member Vertical Construction Leaders Group

Business Performance workstream co-lead

Kevin Lavery(external link)
General Manager Sector Consulting – Taituarā, Local Government Professionals Aotearoa

Regulatory Environment workstream co-lead

John Sneyd(external link)
General Manager, Building System Performance – MBIE

Regulatory Environment workstream co-lead

Duncan Kenderdine(external link)
Executive General Manager Strategy & Development – Downer NZ

Procurement and Risk workstream co-lead

Peter Murray(external link)
General Manager Major Projects and Advisory – Infrastructure Commission

Procurement and Risk workstream co-lead

Andy Cochrane(external link)
Beacons Director – MBIE

Beacon Projects workstream lead

Chelydra Percy(external link)
Chief Executive Officer – BRANZ

Environment workstream lead

Accord Forum

The Accord Forum provides a platform for genuine discussion and consultation with leaders across the wider sector on emerging sector issues, with membership changing as new issues are consulted on. The Forum was first convened to support the sector during and after the COVID-19 lockdown. There is a membership pool of up to 50 senior executives from across industry and government agencies.

In addition to ASG and TDG members, the Forum includes additional representatives from these organisations:

Heb Construction	Fletcher Building
Ministry of Health	Engineering New Zealand
RCP	KiwiRail
Crown Infrastructure Partners	Ministry of Education
Infrastructure New Zealand	Fulton Hogan
Mike Greer Commercial	Downer Group
Kāinga Ora	Aurecon
Hamilton City Council	Project Unite
Construction Industry Council	Civil Contractors New Zealand
Warren and Mahoney	Te Tari Taiwhenua- Department of Internal Affairs
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Accord agencies

Several government agencies that work with the sector as either regulators, clients and/or educators are partners in the programme and have specific responsibilities in the Accord and Transformation Plan.