OUR PEOPLE
Allen + Clarke has two majority shareholders, Matthew Allen and Paul Houliston, who are also Directors of the company. The company also has six minority owners who all work in the business: Anna Gribble, Ned Hardie-Boys, Rob Smith, Jason Carpenter, Marnie Carter and Jacqui Haggland.
Our team members come with a broad range of backgrounds, experience and expertise - but all share a common purpose: to make a difference in their chosen professions.
Our board comprises an Independent Director, our two Allen + Clarke Directors and two elected minority shareholder representatives. They meet regularly to set and review the strategic direction of the firm, maintain corporate management related policies and to make decisions on major company issues.
Our corporate support team have a wealth of professional knowledge. They draw on specialised knowledge, best practices, and technology to provide excellent support to both internal and external customers.
Our team has a friendly, efficient and collaborative working style. We develop long-term relationships with our clients and their stakeholders. We have extensive experience supporting public sector agencies to effectively connect the dots.
Our evaluation services are provided by a team of specialists, backed up by our wider team of policy professioanls and supplemented by external partners.
We pride ourselves on being experts at all stages of the policy cycle - we employ evaluators, reviewers, project managers and public policy practitioners who are highly experienced in research and problem definition; design and implementation of policy, regulation and programmes; and review and evaluation.
Dion Mortensen
Chartered member of the Institute of Directors
Independent Director (Chair)
Matthew Allen
BSc, MA(Appl) Env St, Dip Env Hlth
Managing Partner (New Zealand)
Paul Houliston
MPhil
Managing Partner, (Australia)
Anna Gribble
BA, BSc, DPH
Practice Lead (Secretariat + Programme Support)
Carol Barnao
NZCS, FNZIFST
Practice Lead (Policy + Regulation)
Ned Hardie-Boys
BA (Hons), MA
Practice Lead (Eval+Research)
Anthea Oliver
BSc, BA (Hons), MA (Merit)
Senior Consultant
Calvin Scott
MA, MPP, PhD
Senior Consultant
Emma Ward
BA (1st Class Hons), MPM (Merit)
Senior Consultant
Fiona Scott-Melton
B.Comm, M.Comm (Hons), PhD
Senior Consultant (Eval+Research)
Heather Uwins-England
BSc, BSc Env (Hons), PhD
Senior Consultant
Jacinta Cording
BSc (Hons) Psychology, BSc Philosophy
Senior Consultant
Jackie Harrison
Senior Consultant
Jacqui Haggland
BA (1st Class Hons), MAdLitNumEd (Distinction), GradDip Tch (Sec)
Senior Consultant
Jason Carpenter
BA (1st Class Hons)
Senior Consultant
Jessie Wilson
BA, MA, PhD
Senior Consultant (Eval+Research)
Julie Edwards
BSc Geography
Administration Manager
Léonie Walker
BSc, MSc, PhD
Senior Consultant (Eval+Research)
Marion Clark
RN, BA (Soc.Sci), MPP
Senior Consultant
Marnie Carter
BA, PGDipSSER
Senior Consultant (Eval+Research)
Mathea Roorda
MA (Applied) Soc Sc, PGDip SSER, PhD Candidate (Evaluation)
Senior Consultant (Eval+Research)
May Guise
GradCert(Management), BA(Hons)/BCA
Senior Consultant
Nick Leffler
MA (Hons), MSc
Senior Consultant
Odette Frost-Kruse
BA, MA (hons), PhD
Senior Consultant (Eval+Research)
Rob Smith
BA, LLB
Senior Consultant
Robyn Bailey
BSocSci, DipSocSci, PGDipSSER (Distinction)
Senior Consultant (Eval+Research)
Robyn Haisman-Welsh
PhD (Oral Microbiology), BDS
Senior Consultant
Stuart Beresford
BSc, LLM
Senior Consultant
Alasdair MacLeod
BA (Hons) Public Policy, LLB
Consultant
Alice Hartley
MA (Distinction), BA (1st Class Hons), BA
Consultant
Alice Palmer
BCom (Management and Psychology)
Consultant
Amy Auld
BCom (Economics), BSc (Human Nutrition)
Consultant
Anna Scanlen
BSocSci (Hons), MSocSci, PGDipPsyc (Com)
Consultant (Eval+Research)
Annie MacDonald
BA (1st Class Hons)
Consultant
Bobbi Hemi
Office Administrator
Carolyn Hooper
MA (Applied) SocSci Research, PhD
Consultant (Eval+Research)
Daniel Gambitsis
BA (Politics and International Relations and English), LLB
Consultant
Esther White
BA, MCom
Consultant
Jack Haddow
BA (1st Class Hons Philosophy)
Consultant
Jennifer Locke
BCom
Consultant
Joanna Clarke
Consultant
Kelly Slater
BSc
Consultant
Luke Scullion
BAppSc, PGDipSci, MSc (Distinction)
Consultant
Mary Bollen
LLB/Ba (Human Geography)
Consultant
Nick Preval
PhD (Public Health), MEnvStud (Distinction), BA
Consultant (Eval+Research)
Sally Armitage
Consultant
Michelle Barr
BSc, MPH (Distinction), PhD
Consultant
Nicole Waru
BaSocSc, MAppPsy Community Psychology (1st class Hons), Intern Community Psychologist
Consultant (Eval+Research)
Philippa Tinetti
Business Services Administrator
Pounamu Aikman
BA Māori Studies (1st Class Hons), MA Anthropology (Distinction)
Consultant (Eval+Research)
Sally Hett
BA (Politics, Philosophy and Economics)
Consultant
Salman Abbasnejad
BA Visual Communication Design (1st Class Hons)
Graphic Designer
Sophie Bishop
BHSc/BCom (Economics)
Consultant
Stephanie James
LLB/BSc (Biotech)
Consultant
Tanya Allen
BA, Grad Dip Tch (Sec)
Consultant