Bring 8+ years of diverse experience across social enterprise, tech startups, and international development, with a strong focus on sustainability, data-driven decision-making, and strategic growth. Demonstrated leadership through founding a non-profit organization and managing regional operations, as well as analytical acumen in roles involving business intelligence, digital marketing, and programme coordination. Proven ability to drive impact through data analysis, stakeholder engagement, and cross-cultural collaboration.

Hilda is the Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning, Reporting, and GEDSI Specialist for NZMATES 2.0. She brings over eight years of experience in social research, monitoring, and evaluation across various social and sustainable development issues. With a background in sustainable development, she focuses on understanding how development interventions affect communities and how evidence can drive more inclusive and sustainable outcomes.

Liam is an electrical engineer based in Christchurch, New Zealand. Liam brings experience across utility-scale renewable energy, power systems, and technical advisory for infrastructure projects, with a focus on design review, standards, and risk management.

Richard is a senior renewable energy and power systems specialist with over 25 years of experience delivering off‑grid and hybrid renewable energy systems in developing and remote contexts across the Southeast Asia and the Pacific. 

Richard's role is to provide technical oversight of NZMATES technical outputs, to support the NZMATES technical team throughout the programme and to support the capacity building of the NZMATES team and partners in Maluku.  

Sarah is a GHD Associate and Technical Director Environment and Resource Management based in Auckland, New Zealand. Sarah brings over 20 years of experience in environmental and social safeguard in local government and consultancy roles, management and directorship of projects including management of multi-disciplined teams of specialists, with a more recent focus on international development.

Grant is a chartered engineer and programme manager based in Christchurch, New Zealand. Grant brings 15 years of experience delivering infrastructure projects and programmes internationally to the NZMATES team and has a particular interest in infrastructure delivery in the development sector. 

Grant's role on NZMATES is to lead the delivery of the programme for MFAT, and to support and empower the team in Maluku to deliver on the programme objectives.