Working with families, teams and individuals from different walks of life is a pleasure to me. I provide mediation, restorative practice, meeting facilitation and conflict coaching.

I mediate independently, as well as for Family Works Resolution Service. I serve on the Competence Authority for the Teaching Council. I also mediate for the Employee Assistance and Resolution Service at Victoria University of Wellington, where I'm also a consultant, developing restorative schemes and educational courses.

I bring a unique background to conflict resolution from 25+ years in senior roles in the education and health sectors, including: Director on the Board of the Open Polytechnic, Head of Stakeholder Relations at the Royal NZ College of GPs, and Chief Researcher at the New Zealand Council for Educational Research.

This included chairing an Ethics Committee for seven years, and building a culture of principled thinking. Impartiality, trustworthiness and upholding the dignity of all has long been my stock-in-trade.

My background in real-world research led me to diverse settings – e.g. aged care centres, army barracks, doctors’ consulting rooms, schools, construction sites, engineering firms and prisons – where I interviewed more than 1000 people about what matters in their lives.

I've also chaired and facilitated meetings and workshops for industry and community bodies. All these experiences have taught me a great deal about the way that contexts shape perspectives and relationships.

My approach can help you identify your priorities and make your own decisions. And I can help you build longer-term skills for engaging constructively with conflict.