Creating Destinations for Good

Mike has been involved with property, construction, and procurement for over 20 years. He knows property from every angle. Prior to Roa, Mike founded and successfully exited several businesses, including an independent building supplies merchant, a cost and risk consultancy, and most recently one of Wānaka’s leading construction companies. As a quantity surveyor with a long track record of success on both sides of the Tasman, he has deep expertise in evaluating the critical factors of cost and risk when it comes to considering the potential merits of any new property venture. As a Wānaka resident and Chief Executive of Roa, his focus now is on helping the town achieve its long-term potential through high quality regionally significant projects he can be proud of now and into the future.

Jo brings Roa’s projects to life. She has overall responsibility for the operational strategy and execution of our developments, as well as shared responsibility for portfolio management, engaging stakeholders and identifying development opportunities. Jo has a professional town planning background and 20 years’ experience working across the public and private sectors in New Zealand and the UK, including extensive knowledge of the local planning environment gained through managing the resource consents team at Queenstown Lakes District Council. Jo is a local to Wānaka, focused on executing outcomes and delivering on Roa’s vision of creating destinations for good. She’s passionate about Roa’s sustainability by design approach, ensuring world class sustainability standards are embedded at every stage of the journey.

Marie’s career has spanned journalism, politics and in-house corporate affairs with prominent NZX listed companies, including a decade leading communications, engagement and reputation strategy at Air New Zealand. She’s been a trusted strategic adviser to CEOs and executive teams across the financial services, aviation and energy sectors. Her early career includes working in the Beehive as a ministerial press secretary and in the parliamentary press gallery as a political reporter. Marie is passionate about businesses earning their social license to grow by adopting long-term thinking to create enduring, mutually beneficial outcomes. As Roa’s Chief Strategy Officer, Marie helps Roa navigate the partnerships, relationships and stakeholder engagements needed to deliver on the ambition of creating destinations for good.

As a Chartered Accountant who spent more than a decade in public practice, Heidi streamlines our business operations, providing the financial oversight and technical expertise that enables Roa to thrive. Having worked in the accounting sector during its transition to automation, she brings efficiencies to the compliance aspects of our business, coupled with high level tax knowledge and expertise. Heidi has a genuine passion for business. She has a successful track record in the business advisory sector where she enjoyed using her mix of accounting, tax and business advisory expertise to help clients succeed. Now, as part of the Roa team, Heidi applies her wealth of experience to our business of creating destinations for good in Wānaka.

Andew’s vision for Roa is to build a portfolio of world class genuinely carbon zero commercial buildings. He’s a UK native whose business interests have included an international tax consultancy, hotels, wineries, vineyards and manufacturing. An interest in residential property development led to converting a series of commercial buildings for residential use including a fire station, hospital and bank. More recently he’s been involved in sustainably developing disused brown fields land in the UK and now enjoys the challenge of Roa’s green fields projects. It was wine that first drew him to New Zealand, he was involved in businesses here over many years before settling in Wānaka. Motivated by the rapid change occurring in the town, Andrew wants to help ensure what’s developed now is sustainable.