About Us
Our Team
Technical Engineering Group
Meet the TEG Projects Team
We’re a group of consulting project engineers who believe in innovation. We work with blue-chip clients within the food and beverage industry that are leaders in their field, in New Zealand, Australia, and the South Pacific. We consistently deliver solutions that elevate, support, and upgrade existing manufacturing practices within the food and beverage industry.
Our team is at the heart of our business. We believe in the value of collaboration, sharing our knowledge and working together to create innovative and practical solutions that successfully deliver projects.
We’re innovators, experienced on a large range of projects, with decades experience in all areas of the food industry. At the heart of our company culture is a ‘can do’ attitude, a desire for excellence and integrity, and a collective vision to do what’s best for our clients.
New Zealand
Our Team
Ross Norgrove
TEG Projects Managing Director
Ross has more than 20 years experience in broad international engineering project management roles primarily in the manufacturing sector.
ross.norgrove@tegprojects.co.nz
021 970 663
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Miriam Mills
Auckland Regional Manager
Miriam has more than 20 years experience in broad engineering and project management roles. Before joining the TEG Projects team, Miriam was the Capital Programmes Manager for Fonterra Brands where she had oversight of all capital programmes within FBNZ ensuring alignment with the overall business strategy.
miriam.mills@tegprojects.co.nz
021 592 563
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Andy Stockley
TEG Projects Director / South Island Regional Manager
Andy brings more than 20 years of manufacturing industry management experience to TEG Projects. Prior to joining the team, Andy gained considerable experience across a range of manufacturing sector companies including Frucor, Unilever, Lion, and more.
andy.stockley@tegprojects.co.nz
021 316 571
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Bevan Robertson
TEG Projects Director / Waikato & BOP Regional Manager
Bevan is a Bachelor of Technology (Massey University) qualified engineer and has over 15 years’ experience in engineering projects management for the food and dairy industry in New Zealand.
bevan.robertson@tegprojects.co.nz
027 255 1334
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Hamish Baker
TEG Risk Managing Director
Hamish is a health and safety professional with over fifteen years experience in senior health and safety roles within multinational corporations.
hamish.baker@tegrisk.co.nz
021 910 939
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Altan Gurevin
Senior Project Manager
Altan manages projects for Canterbury-based clients from initial stages through to completion and handover. He has worked with key TEG Projects clients including Mauri ANZ’s hazardous atmosphere drawings for their flour mill.
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Annalisa Jeffries
Project Manager
Annalisa is a Project Engineer in our Auckland based team, responsible for carrying out projects of varying scope from conception through to commissioning and handover.
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Brandon Tai
Project Manager
Brandon joined our team in 2024 as a Project Manager based in the Auckland region. In this role he is responsible for carrying out projects of varying scope from conception through to commissioning and handover. Brandon brings with him a wide scope of experience from his previous roles as a Senior Project Manager responsible for managing design and construction of
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Chris Strain
Project Manager
Chris joined TEG Projects’ Auckland based team in 2019. He works with clients throughout the Auckland region from definition and design stage to final commissioning.
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Graham Brooks
Project Manager
Graham has been with TEG since 2011 and has played a Project Management role on myriad projects, including a variety of successfully implemented projects at Fonterra Waitoa and Takanini sites.
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Ian Cranefield
Senior Project Manager
Ian joined the TEG Projects team in 2022, and has brought with him a wealth of experience in Health, Safety, and Environmental compliance management.
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Jamie Wilson
Senior Project Manager
Jamie has been a Project Manager with TEG Projects since 2017 working on a range of initiatives including a Project Construction Manager role for a Fonterra Regional Project which included the management of multiple contractor groups.
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Kristen Whitehead
Senior Project Manager
Kristen joined the TEG Projects team in 2017 with extensive experience in the Food and Beverage Industry and has managed many projects successfully for Bluebird, Silver Fern Farms and Danone.
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Lindsay O’Neale
Senior Project Engineer
Lindsay has been a Senior Project Engineer with TEG Projects since 2005 and in that time he has project managed and engineered the installation of various equipment and processes for Bluebird.
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Matt Foggo
Senior Project Manager
Matt joined TEG Projects this year as a Senior Project Manager. Having previously gathered years of electrical engineering and project management experience across a range of premier organisations and projects, Matt now oversees TEG Project’s Lower South Island clients.
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Murray Irvine
Project Manager
Murray joined TEG Projects as a Project Manager and Safety Engineer in 2015, having previously held management roles with Lion Breweries and Bluebird Foods.
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Rhys Knauf
Project Manager, Safety Engineer
Rhys is our Waikato-based Project Manager and Safety Engineer, and is responsible for carrying out projects of varying scope from conception through to handover.
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Rob Butcher
Senior Project Manager
Since coming on board with TEG Projects has been Senior Project Manager for many successfully implemented projects for clients including George Weston Foods, Fonterra, Easiyo, Goodman Fielder, Tip Top and Danone.
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Rob Smith
Project Manager
Rob has been a Senior Project Manager with us for more than a decade, playing key roles on capital projects with many of New Zealand’s most well known food brands, such as Bluebird Foods, Goodman Fielder, and Fonterra.
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Sarah Starkey
Project Manager
Sarah has diverse experience in both in Australia and New Zealand, specialising in Project Management for a variety of organisations from education to healthcare.
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Smruthi Vishwanath
Project Manager
Having previously worked as a Regional Capital Engineer for Kraft Heinz, and as a Process Engineer at Worley, Smruthi joined the TEG Projects team in 2023. She has brought with her strong skills in Stakeholder Management and Project Communication, as well as an honours degree in Chemical and Materials Engineering.
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Vas Ravji
Project Manager
Since 2012 Vas has been an integral member of the TEG Projects team, investing his skills and experience on countless capital projects at several FMCG companies including Bluebird Foods, Lion Breweries, Inghams, Anzco and Walter & Wild.
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Wesley Kessack
Project Manager
In previous roles before joining TEG Projects Wesley worked for Nestle Purina Petcare. As well as finding and implementing solutions to production line problems and opportunities, being a Health and Safety role model was a critical part of the job, with responsibility for raising health and safety concerns, implementing engineering solutions to health and safety issues/initiatives. His work with Techo
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Australia
Our Team
Julian Weedon
QLD & NSW Regional Manager
As Queensland and NSW Regional Manager, Julian brings a wealth of project management and engineering experience to TEG Projects. Julian currently oversees other project managers and large-scale projects within the food and beverage industry.
julian.weedon@tegprojects.co.nz
+61 4 0459 3029
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Gary Saywell
Project Manager
Gary recently joined our Brisbane TEG Projects team as a Project Manager. He comes to us with a depth of experience across the food manufacturing industry, covering projects such as construction, line installations, process optimisation, and waste reduction initiatives. For TEG Projects he brings these skills to projects of varying scope from conception through to commissioning and handover.
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Ian Breese
Senior Project Manager, Safety Engineer
Ian has recently joined the TEG Projects team as a Senior Project Engineer / Safety Engineer , based in Brisbane. With over 17 years experience in the food manufacturing industry, in leading project engineering roles across Australia and New Zealand, Ian is well versed in managing large scale projects.
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Sean Rogers
Senior Project Engineer
Sean is a foundation member of our Sydney TEG Projects team as Senior Project Engineer. Sean has over 20 years of experience across the food manufacturing industry, covering projects such as construction, line installations, process optimisation, and waste reduction initiatives.
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