Rob Whight
Principal Project Manager
Joining Transit from the UK, Rob was previously Director Project Delivery at John Laing, Senior Project Manager at AEA Technology Rail, as well as serving with the Royal Navy.

Whilst with John Laing, Rob was responsible for the £70 million Evergreen II project to upgrade the railway line between Bicester North and London Marylebone.

The project, the UK’s first PFI project in the rail industry, was delivered on time and 10% under budget.

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Peter Ward
Project Engineer
With Transit for just over five years, Peter started his civil engineering career with the Ministry of Works where he worked on numerous large projects in the Invercargill, Milford and Queenstown areas.

He then took up a consultant position with Opus in Napier where he worked on Lake Waikaremoana road project and various other large projects throughout the North and South Islands.

Peter says his wife, three children and lots of pets keep him busy outside of work with other interests including tramping and playing bridge.

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Ian Gray
Property Manager
Ian was previously Senior Adviser Assets Management & Maintenance for Public Prisons and Community Probation Service, and before that undertaking compensation and disposal activities for government departments, including a stint with Simpson Grierson as a legal executive in conveyancing.

Ian has served on the Hillary Commission Committee, Porirua City Council and various Gun Club committees over the years. Ian also shows and breeds pedigree Persian cats - with the family, "particularly the grandchildren", keeping them constantly busy.

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Tim Davies
Project Controls Engineer
Born in North Wales, Tim has worked on design and construction scheduling for the past 12 years. Tim specialises in the use of dedicated scheduling software and cost control techniques to help keep projects on track.

Visiting New Zealand with his wife on their honeymoon in 1999, the couple have wanted to return ever since. They eventually moved to New Zealand in April 2007 when the opportunity to work on the Transmission Gully Project came up. Tim is a keen motorcyclist, dog owner and DIY enthusiast.

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Craig Nicholson
Transportation Planner
Before joining Transit, Craig worked in engineering consultancy for many years on varied projects throughout New Zealand and overseas.

In 2003, he undertook an assignment as a Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA) volunteer in the Kingdom of Bhutan where he advised the Bhutanese government on the key traffic engineering and traffic safety problems facing their national road network.

Living in Tawa with his wife and young son, Craig says he is relishing the chance to work on such an important strategic infrastructure project for the Wellington region.

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Frank Fernandez
Communications & Stakeholder Liaison Manager
Prior to Transit, Frank headed or provided strategic advice on Corporate Communications activities in corporations such as HSBC, ANZ Bank, Royal & SunAlliance, AgResearch, Celentis, TranzRail and Waitakere City Council, as well as running his own Marketing Communications consultancy.

Also a former business investment columnist, he has an intimate knowledge of financial and equity markets - and admits to still taking an “active” interest in this area.

Having lived in Tawa for many years, Frank is looking forward to the day when the ‘first sod” is turned on the project.

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Sina Asi
Administration and Information Officer
Sina started in Transit in November 2006 with the Wellington Regional Office before joining the Transmission Gully project team in October 2007.

She also previously worked in the tourism and hospitality sector in Wellington and Queenstown, and has recently completed her Legal Executive Certificate.

Son Ethan (3yrs) and daughter Dylin (1yr) keep her very active and busy outside of work while other interests include socialising with family and friends - and “discovering new adventures in Wellington”.

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