The Team
Who We Are
We are located at the Ironbank Building,
Unit 603 / 150 Karangahape Road, Auckland
Andrew McDonald
Director (CPEng)
Despite having over 20 years under his belt Andrew still gets fired up when a new challenge or learning opportunity arises.
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Andrew has worked throughout NZ from the bustling streets of Auckland to the remote Chatham Islands. Although working in Rarotonga has to take the prize for the most scenic location.
He is passionate about road safety, personal safety though CPTED, and design for active modes.
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021-228 8665
Brian Yip
Director
With over 15 years' experience in the transportation industry, Brian had worked on a vast range of projects from private development to government organisations, from bicycle to buses and from NZ to Fiji.
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People is his passion and building trusting relationship is his goal.
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021-223 8884
Sagar Kariya
Director
Sagar is experienced in delivering multi disciplinary complex projects for the government. His focus is on resources training, quality improvements and client satisfaction. His aspiration for being a transport engineer is to be able to make a positive difference to the community.
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021-228 8664
Deepa Rooijakkers
Principal Transportation Advisor
Deepa has 20 years of experience predominantly in the Public Transport sector within global multi-disciplinary engineering consultancies and government agencies. Her extensive experience in asset management, transport planning, and project management is particularly noteworthy, and she has a robust knowledge of the business case process. However, what sets Deepa apart is her exceptional client relationship skills. Deepa has the ability to connect and work alongside client organizations and multiple stakeholders, and throughout her career, she has consistently built and maintained strong relationships with clients, earning her a reputation as a trusted and reliable advisor. Her ability to understand and anticipate client needs, coupled with her expertise in transportation, makes her an invaluable asset to any project.
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021-028 53490
George Hopkins
Senior Transportation Engineer
George has over 9 years' experience in the transportation industry working in both government and private sector projects. Competent on the tools as well as having the know how of solving transport problems, he is the one stop shop for our clients and for his team.
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021-943 277
Raymond Tong
Transportation Engineer
Raymond is capable on the tools and is known for his 'speed run" attempts on completing projects within the team.
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Neha Vijay
Transportation Engineer
Neha brings over 5 years of valuable experience in the transportation industry to our team.
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Having previously worked in the local government sector, her background provides a unique perspective on the challenges and client needs in the field.
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If you do not find Neha working, you will see her hiking somewhere despite her physio's
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Hima Hadasu
Transportation Engineer
Hima has more than six years of experience encompassing public sector clients such as Auckland Transport, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, and district councils across central North Island.
Within the public sector, Hima has experience in traffic engineering, transportation planning, investigations, safe system assessments, road safety auditing, road network management and construction monitoring.
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Jennifer Long
Graduate Transportation Engineer
Smart and bright is what sums up Jennifer.
Being the youngest member of the team, she is already supporting in all aspect of Eliga's deliverables.
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Yuiko Sato
Draftsperson
Yui is hard working and has a passion for drafting like no one we have seen.
Being Eliga's first official Draftsperson, she provides support to everyone in the organisation.
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